Second Sunday of Advent 2016
Francesca Pratillo, fsp

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created… Read more »

It is Easter morning, the day after Holy Saturday. We can picture ourselves, Lord, standing beside your two disciples in your tomb. Immobile. Mute. Stunned. Your corpse is not there. Only the burial cloth remains–the shroud in which your martyred body was wrapped by those who had pity on you after all your sufferings. …… Read more »