Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Friends, our readings for the fourth and final Sunday of Advent are all about maybe the central motif of the spiritual life. Our culture today is so self-oriented: It’s all about me and my choice. But that attitude is directly repugnant to the Bible; in fact, the Bible is constantly trying to move us out of that space and into a different space—namely, one of surrender to the higher purpose of God.

Mass Readings:
Reading 1 — Isaiah 7:10-14
Psalm — Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6.
Reading 2 — Romans 1:1-7
Gospel — Matthew 1:18-24

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