Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.* Heaven itself cannot contain the One whom you bore in your womb. (Responsory for the Solemnity... Read more.
How great a gift of grace is here! To what merits of their own do the children owe this kind of victory? They cannot speak, yet they bear witness to Christ. They... Read more.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word... Read more.
If we celebrate with such solemnity the birth of Jesus, it is to bear witness that every human being is somebody unique and unrepeatable…somebody thought of and... Read more.
O Immanuel, you are our king and judge, the One whom the peoples await and their Saviour. O come and save us, Lord our God. (O Antiphon for December 23rd)... Read more.
O King whom all the peoples desire, you are the cornerstone which makes all one. O come and save man, whom you made from clay. (O Antiphon for December 22nd)... Read more.
Key of David, who open the gates of the eternal kingdom, come to liberate from prison the captive who lives in darkness. (O Clavis David – O Antiphon for December... Read more.
Ruler of the House of Israel, who gave the law to Moses on Sinai, come and save us with outstretched arm.... Read more.
Wisdom of the Most High, ordering all things with strength and gentleness, come and teach us the way of truth. (O Antiphon for December 17th)... Read more.
John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives... Read more.