Read the scriptures for Monday of the First Week in Advent at this link.
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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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Read the scriptures for Monday of the First Week in Advent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join Kath Petrie, Chris Duthie-Jung and Triona Doocey in conversation with John O’Connor, reflecting on the scriptures of the First Sunday of Advent.
During our conversation we refer to For Unto Us a Child is Born from Handel’s Messiah. And we referred again to The Deer’s Cry, first mentioned last week.
Read the scriptures for Advent Sunday I at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time, the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Feast of Christ the King at this link.
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