Saint Vincent Archabbey

Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1,2,4,5,9,10; Mk 2:23-28:  In the great assembly King David gave thanks to the LORD with his whole heart.  Indeed everyone in every

Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22:  Who is being referred to in this Responsorial Psalm?  Perhaps the Father is addressing the new Adam.  The Old

1Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6,9; Jn 3:22-30 Why does the LORD take delight in his people?  Why does the LORD take delight in us?  Saint Paul

1Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15,19,20; Lk 5:12-16 With the best of wheat he fills us.  We are so well fed all along the journey to the

1Jn 4:19–5:4; Ps 72:1-2,14,15,17; Lk 4:14-22 Who doesn’t experience some kind of fraud and violence.  Actually, fraud is a kind violence because it violates a

1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 The Lord Jesus comes from the eternal love of the Father and the Holy Spirit and

1Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4,7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Why will every nation on earth adore Christ the Lord?  Every nation will adore because every person will adore. 

1 Jn 3:22–4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 At another place in the psalms we pray, “Hold not back; Oh Lord, hold not back!” 

1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 1:43-51

:  The LORD continues to tend his flock.  We are his people, and we are his flock.  Saint John

 1 Jn 3:7-10; 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42:  The justice that Christ brings into our world is new, totally new.  The ends of the earth had

1 Jn 2:29–3:6; 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34:  What was this victory that the LORD won by stretching out his holy arm?  Was it a political

1 Jn 2:22-28; 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 1:19-28


:  The great friends Saint Basil and Saint Gregory Nazianzen were both caught up in one of the

Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21:  Today completes the Octave of Christmas; this is the liturgical way of holding the

1Jn2:18-21; Ps96:1-2,11-13; Jn1:1-18:  It’s the seventh day of the Christmas Octave; it’s the Memorial of Saint Sylvester; it’s the last day of the secular calendar. 

1Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1,2a,2b,3,5b,6; Mt 1:18-25 The arrival of the Lord Jesus into the temple is a quiet moment in the drama and excitement of

1 Jn 1:5-2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18

 

 Christ, the newborn king, was not welcome by the king.  King Herod was deeply threatened by

1Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1,2,5,6,11,12; Jn 20:1-8 Without the witness of Saint John no one would see his glory.  Indeed the Synoptic Gospels give witness to

Acts 6:8-10;7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4,6,8ab,16bc,17; Mt 10:17-22 “Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your kindness.” We can be sure that this prayer from

Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 Sing!  Break into song!  Sing praise!  No less than six times does the Psalmist summon us and

2Sm 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16; Ps 89:2,3,4,5,27,29; Lk 1:67-79 The Prophet John the Baptist would announce to all “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins