In Advent, “God is waiting for our awakening.” The four weeks of this Season invite us explore this “awakening” through the reflective Advent Sunday videos and suggested Scripture for each day of the week. This time together is a Sacred Space that brings us to a deeper meaning of Christmas.
We Maryknoll Sisters wish you all the graces and blessings of this holy Season and pray that that the coming weeks draw you the hope, peace, joy and love that is Christmas. A blessed Advent to each one!
The Maryknoll Sisters
Sunday, December 1
Monday, December 2 – El Salvador Martyrs
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares . . . nations shall not learn war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4)
Tuesday, December 3
“Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them.” (Isaiah 11:6)
Wednesday, December 4
“This is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.” (Isaiah 25:9)
Thursday, December 5
A nation of firm purpose You keep in peace; in peace for its trust in You. Trust in the Lord forever! For the Lord is an eternal Rock. (Isaiah 26: 3-4)
Friday, December 6
“On that day the deaf shall hear . . . the eyes of the blind shall see.” (Isaiah 29:18)
Saturday, December 7
“. . . this is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21)
Sunday, December 8
Monday, December 9
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . . .” (Ephesians 1:3)
Tuesday, December 10
“Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.” (Isaiah 40:1)
Wednesday, December 11
“Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength . . .” (Isaiah 40:31)
Thursday, December 12 – Our Lady of Guadalupe
“Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! I will come and dwell in your midst.” (Zechariah 2:10)
Friday, December 13
“I am the Lord, your God, . . . who leads you in the way you should go.” (Isaiah 48:17)
Saturday, December 14
“. . . to turn the hearts of parents to their children . . .” (Sirach 48:10)
Sunday, December 15
Monday, December 16
Num 24: 17a “A start shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel.”
Tuesday, December 17
Gen 49:2 “Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob . . .”
Wednesday, December 18
Jer 23: 6 “And this is the name by which he will be called: “the Lord is our righteousness.”
Thursday, December 19
Jgs 13: 24 “The woman bore a son (Samson) . . . he grew and the Lord blessed him.”
Friday, December 20
Is 7:14 “The young woman will bear a son and name him Immanuel.”
Saturday, December 21
Sg 2:10 “Arise my love, my fair one, and come away . . .”
Sunday, December 22
Monday, December 23
Mal 3: 1 “I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me . . .”
Tuesday, December 24 – Christmas Eve
Isaiah 9: 1 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light . . .”
Wednesday, December 25