Advent Reading

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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
From "The Saint Andrew Daily Missal" (1937)
 
At Christmas Jesus will be born in our hearts, for at that time the
anniversary of His birth will be celebrated. He refuses nothing, to the
prayer of the Church, His spouse, and thus He will grant to our souls the
same graces which He gave the shepherds and the wise Kings.
 
Christ will come again also, at the end of all time, to "condemn the guilty
to the flames, and to call the just with a loving voice to heaven" (Hymn
for Matins).
 
The whole of to-day's mass is a preparation for this double Advent of mercy
and justice. Some parts of it can be applied equally to either (e.g., the
Introit, Collect, Gradual, Alleluia), while others refer to our Divine
Redeemer's lowly birth, and others again, (e.g. the Epistle and Gospel), to
His coming in the splendour of His power and majesty. The same welcome will
be given to us by our Lord when He comes to judge us, as we give to Him now
when coming to redeem us. Let us prepare for the Christmas feast by holy
prayers and aspirations and by reforming our lives, that we may be ready
for that last great assize upon which depends the fate of our soul for all
eternity. And all this with confidence, for those "who wait upon the Lord
will never be confounded" (Introit ; Gradual ; Offertory).
 
In former times, on this First Sunday of Advent, all the people of Rome
made the station at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, to assist at the solemn
mass which the Pope celebrated, surrounded by his clergy. This particular
Church was chosen because it is Mary who gave us Jesus and because relics
of the crib in which the Blessed Mother placed her Divine Child are
preserved in this Church.
 
Every parish priest says Mass for the people of his parish.
 
 
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CHRISTMAS NOVENA 
Prayer to Obtain Favors
 
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,
Through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
And of His Blessed Mother. Amen
 
- To be recited fifteen times a day from the Feast
of St. Andrew (Nov. 30) until Christmas.