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Notable Quotables

Let us cleanse our hearts for the coming of our great King, that we may be ready to welcome Him; He is coming and will not delay.
—Office of Readings, Third Sunday of Advent, Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I, Advent Season·Christmas Season, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1975, at 258.
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What's New
updated Dec. 28, 2008

Merry Christmas, and Happy Feast of the Holy Family

+ Today's Readings (USCCB external link)
+ Sunday's Readings: Feast of the Holy Family
+ Spotlight on The Divine Mercy Chaplet
+ Spotlight on The Stations of the Cross
+ Spotlight on The Saint Michael the Archangel Chaplet
+ Liturgical Text: Mass Wording Changes Back as Vatican approves retranslation of American English version closer to official text, Aug. 4, 2008

Mass

+ Today's Readings (USCCB external link)
+ Catholic Daily Home Page
+ Watch Online: download Sunday TV Mass (Diocese of Burlington)
+ Watch Online: view Sunday Mass (Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame du Lac)
+ Watch Online: view today's Readings and Homily (EWTN)
+ Find a Mass world-wide (MassTimes.org)
+ Mass & Divine Liturgy, Faith Central

Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours)

+ Listen Online: Morning Prayer, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame du Lac (sung and spoken)
+ Listen Online: Evening Prayer (Vespers), Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame du Lac (sung and spoken)

Pope Benedict's Prayer Intentions for December 2008

Prolife Courage and Action; Christian Brotherhood

Pope Benedict's general intention: "That, faced by the growing expansion of the culture of violence and death, the Church may courageously promote the Culture of Life through all Her Apostolic and Missionary activities."

Mission intention for December ~ proclaiming the Birth of the Infant Jesus through gestures of Christian fraternal Love

Pope Benedict's mission intention: "That, especially in mission countries, Christians may show through gestures of brotherliness that the Child born in the grotto in Bethlehem is the luminous Hope of the world."