January 13 th : The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord : Being the Beloved

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. This brings to an end the season of Christmas. The Church recalls Our Lord's second manifestation or epiphany which occurred on the occasion of His baptism in the Jordan. Jesus descended into the River to sanctify its waters and to give them the power to beget sons of God. The event takes on the importance of a second creation in which the entire Trinity intervenes. At His baptism Christ was proclaimed the "Beloved Son" of the Father; at our Baptism we become the adopted sons of God. At Christ's baptism the heavens were opened; at our Baptism heaven was opened to us. At His baptism Jesus prayed; after our Baptism we must pray to avoid actual sin.

January 6th: The Epiphany of the Lord: Worship

Today is the feast of the three kings or the magi or the wise men who were led to Jesus by a star. A star is a sign or a symbol. God speaks to us through various Stars/signs. What is the star through which God is trying to speak his word to me? That star should finally lead me to pay homage to Him. Let my whole being worship Him.

January 1st: Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God

Today as we begin a New Year, the Church honours Mary
with a sublime title: Mother of God. The greatness of her motherhood is not
primarily built on blood relationship. There is a spiritual meaning for her
motherhood. St. Augustine rightly says “Prium concepit in mente quam corpore”
which means “Mary conceived Jesus first in her mind and later in her body”.
This means that Mary was filled with Jesus even spiritually. And as we begin
this New Year let us ask God to help us to do the same: to conceive Jesus in
our minds, to be filled with Jesus.

December 30 th: The Feast of the Holy Family: The Family that prays together stays together.

The Holy Family is seen as the model for the human family, the religious community and the Church itself. The Holy Family was rooted on the divine family, the Trinity: “The Christian family is a communion of persons, a sign and image of the communion of the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit” (CCC. 2205). In the daily life of family and community we can touch the divine, we can come close to God.

The Nativity of Our Lord: Et Verbum Caro factum est (The Word was made flesh)

Christmas is a promised fulfilled and a Gift given; the greatest gift God could have ever given- His Beloved Son. Christmas is God becoming man. Now He is so close to us, one with us. He is God-with-us (Emmanuel). Let us be filled with Wonder as we behold this great mystery of incarnation.

4th Sunday of Advent: Faith & Obedience

Mary is the Advent personality Par excellence. She personifies all the waiting, the longing and the hoping of the people of Israel for the Messiah. With faith and obedience she accepted to cooperate with God’s plan of redeeming the world by bearing God’s Son in her womb: “Ecce Tabernaculum Dei cum Hominibus” (Behold, the dwelling of God is with men) (Rev 21:3)

3rd Sunday of Advent: Rejoice

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near”. Today is called the Gaudete Sunday and the Liturgy summons us to cultivate a spirit of joy in our lives because Our Lord is going to come.

2nd Sunday of Advent - Repentance

“Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”

First Sunday of Advent - Hope

This advent lead us in to a new liturgical year. It reminds us to preparation of the second coming of our savior Jesus Christ’s as well as his historical first coming. With all this it creates a new hope new beginning in our lives!