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December 22, 2009
Advent Weekday

Read

Today’s O Antiphon pleas with God, the King of all nations, to save His people. Read how we are called to imitate his embrace, especially the strangers among us.

Daily Readings

Pray

During this last week of Advent, begin your daily prayers with the O Antiphon for the day:
O King of all nations and keystone of the Church:
Come and save man, whom you formed form the dust!

Reflect

Pope Benedict XVI , Year One, 96
Joy
Joy is the true gift of Christmas, not expensive presents that demand time and money. We can transmit this joy simply: with a smile, with a kind gesture, with some small help, with forgiveness. Let us give this joy and the joy given will be returned to us.

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 18, 2005

Act

The quality of your life depends on the choices you make, and the actions you take. But those choices, and actions, won't influence only you. With every act you take in life, remember that what you do affects others.  We are one global family. 

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