News - December 2024

Holy Family

Christmas Eve

And Woman of all Seasons.

King and Giver of the Law, the One for whom all nations long, our Savior and our Redeemer: O Come! Come to free us, come to save us, for you alone are Lord and God.

Chapter talk for the fourth Sunday of Advent

So long desired, so long awaited, the Keystone that binds us into one, the Cornerstone of all unity: O come! Come and save the race of man, whom you fashioned from earthen clay.

Splendor of eternal light, true rising Sun of Justice: O come! Come, give us light and warmth, for we sit in deepest darkness, where we dwell in the shadow of death.

And scepter of Israel, who open, and no one can avail to close, who close, and no one can open: O come! Come to free us from our prison, where we sit and languish in darkness, where we wait in the shadow of death.

Raised as a standard for the peoples, before whom kings stand mute and still, to whom all the nations pray and do reverence: O come! Come, set us free. Come, Lord, do not delay!

The final event of our Jubilee Year.

Leader of the House of Israel, who once appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush, and on Sinai’s heights gave him the tablets of the Law. O come! Come, redeem your people; come, save us with outstretched arm.

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Proceeding from the mouth of the Most High, from one end to the other end reaching with mighty strength, yet tenderly, with loving care disposing all things. O come! Come to teach and guide us in the right way of wisdom’s path.

This year's reflections were written by one of the sisters.

Chapter talk for the third Sunday of Advent

Chapter talk for the second Sunday of Advent

Chapter talk for the first Sunday of Advent