Wednesday of the First Week of Advent

Let us honor and venerate for her mercy towards the needy. — St. John Damascene

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Readings: Isaiah 25:6-10A Psalms 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 Matthew 15:29-37 Optional Memorial of Saint John Damascene Readings: 2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:1-3 Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11 Matthew 25:14-30 or 25:14-23

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Before you, Lord Jesus, we shall be filled with the grace of the Lord. All who seek you, hungering for righteousness and mercy shall find their salvation. Those beyond your fold do not know of this…

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent The Word was not degraded by receiving a body, so that he should seek to “receive” God’s gift. Rather he deified what he put on; and, more than that, he bestowed this gift upon the race of men. — St.…