The Good Word

Associate Editor Matt Malone S J explains why a song from West Side Story always reminds him of Advent Tim Reidy

Guess who the Archdiocese of Brooklyn is using to sell their new television network New Evangelization Television where our friend Greg Kandra is working nbsp CNN reports nbsp James Martin SJ

On this day the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples He will destroy death forever The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces On that day it will be said Behold our God to whom we looked to save us This is the Lord for whom we looked Let us rejoice and be glad that he has sav

In the early part of Mark 14 we have preparatory notices The conspiracy against Jesus is set though the timing of the capture is still to be decided Jesus is anointed as a sign not simply of welcome to the table of Lazarus but of his impending death Judas Iscariot has decided to hand Jesus o

On that day a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse and from his roots a bud shall blossom The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him This Spirit will give him wisdom and understanding will give him counsel and strength will give him knowledge and fear of the Lord and the delight of t

Advent First Week Wednesday Come let us climb the Lord s mountain to the house of the God of Jacob that he may instruct us in his ways and we may walk in his paths Then one nation shall not raise the sword against another nor shall they train for war again O come let us walk in th

Over a century ago someone described Mark s Gospel as the death of Jesus preceded by a long introduction and in a certain sense he was right We were told that the Gospel would be about the Messiah and Son of God All through the Gospel we have seen signs that these two titles already pr

Look down from Heaven and see Where is your zeal and your might O God Will you refuse your mercy to us You were always called Our Redeemer Why Lord do you let us wander from your ways And let our hearts grow too hard to fear you Return Lord to your servants O that you would tear the

Advent First Week Monday The days are coming says the Lord when I will fulfill the promise I have made In those days at that time I will raise up for David a just son he shall do what is right and just in the land In those days when God dwells among us and in each of us Our name will be

Upon leaving the Temple platform and all its beauty one of the disciples expressed awe at the stones and buildings there For people from Galilee no doubt the immense pillars and valuable stone and wood and metals the artwork and design all around them was a stark contrast to their small diml