**“Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” Matthew 24:42 (Year A) **
Catholic Daily Reflections
1 December 2019, 1st Sunday of Advent
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The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes – Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647)
Wednesday of this week bears this out. The Church is already reminding us of the centrality of the Eucharist. Remember that Christ is born in Bethlehem—which means in Hebrew “the House of Bread”.
Since the fall of our first parents, mankind has hungered for God. Moses’ provision of manna from heaven to sustain the Israelites during their 40-year trek to the Promised Land was but a prelude to Christ, the new Moses, providing us with the true Bread—himself, on our journey to heaven.
The miracle of the loaves and fishes looks towards the Last Supper, for St Matthew is using Eucharistic language. Jesus “took” the loaves and fish, “gave thanks” to God, “broke” them, and “handed” them to the disciples (cf. Mt 14:19).
7th Day — 7th Novena Prayer — Fri, Dec 6
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires […mention intentions here…], through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.
7th Day — 8th Novena Prayer — Fri, Dec 6
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires […mention intentions here…], through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.
7th Day — 9th Novena Prayer — Fri, Dec 6
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires […mention intentions here…], through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.
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“Wake up, O sleeper,
rise up from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”