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DECEMBER 2019
1 1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT Mt 24:37-44
What can I do to prepare for the four weeks of Advent? How can I journey to Bethlehem to honor Jesus?
8 2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT Mt 3:1-12
Do I know the date of my Baptism? (If not, find out!) Where is the “good fruit” in my life?
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TUESDAY
15 3rd SUNDAY OF ADVENT Mt 11:2-11 Today is Gaudete Sunday — what does this
Gospel tell me about rejoicing in Jesus?
Ask St. John the Baptist to pray for me today.
22 4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT Mt 1:18-24 What does Emmanuel (God-with-us) mean to me?
Ask Mary, the Blessed Mother, and St. Joseph to help me experience a blessed Christmas.
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9 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Lk 1:26-38
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23 St. John of Kanty
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29 THE HOLY FAMILY OF MT 2:13-15, 19-23 JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH
Pray for guidance to do the right thing when troubles come my way. Ask the Holy Family to intercede
for my most important intention today.
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31 St. Sylvester I, Pope