Blessed is the Kingdom

Seeking The Kingdom In All Things

Holy Innocents

| December 28, 2009

Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: A voice [...]

O Emmanuel!

| December 23, 2009

O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God. As the days and now hours until Christmas draw near our prayers seem even more urgent. Come and save us, O Lord our God! The hymn O Come O Come Emmanuel, which [...]

O Root of Jesse!

| December 19, 2009

O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer. Today we are reminded as we were a few days ago in the daily Gospel reading from the beginning of Matthew’s [...]

O Adonai!

| December 18, 2009

O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm. Today’s antiphon reminds us of Christ’s connection to the people of Israel and the covenant of old. We are often [...]