A homily for the first Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2013 from Fr. George Berendt, PIME. Readings:Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 13: 11-14. BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR NO ONE KNOWS St. Martin of Tours said the world would end before 400 A.D. Hippolytus of Rome said Jesus would return in 500 A.D. St. […]

Yesterday we celebrated the Feast of Christ the King, which means that the liturgical year has ended. A new one begins with Advent, the season in which we prepare for the coming of the Lord at Christmas, and in His Second Coming. It’s all about endings and beginnings; comings and goings; transitions from the ordinary […]