Catholic Daily Brief

Catholic Daily Brief

By: Eremita

Language: en

Categories: Education, Courses, Society, Culture, Philosophy

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Episodes

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 10 (Saturday of the BVM)
Jan 10, 2026

Titus 3: 4-7;

Luke 2: 15-20;

Haydock Commentary

Duration: 00:03:35
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 10
Jan 10, 2026

1 John 5: 14-21;

John 3: 22-30;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:59
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 9 (Feria of the Epiphany)
Jan 09, 2026

Isaiah 60: 1-6;

Matthew 2: 1-12;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:09:29
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 9
Jan 09, 2026

1 John 5: 5-13;

Luke 5: 12-16;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:06:46
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 8
Jan 08, 2026

1 John 4: 19- 5: 4;

Luke 4: 14-22;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:06:43
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 8 (Feria of the Epiphany)
Jan 08, 2026

Isaiah 60: 1-6;

Matthew 2: 1-12;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:09:29
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Jan 7
Jan 07, 2026

1 John 4: 11-18;

Mark 6: 45-52;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:12
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Jan 7 (Feria of Epiphany)
Jan 07, 2026

Isaiah 60: 1-6;

Matthew 2: 1-12;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:09:29
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Jan 6 (Epiphany of Our Lord)
Jan 06, 2026

Isaiah 60: 1-6;

Matthew 2: 1-12;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:11:29
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Jan 6
Jan 06, 2026

1 John 4: 7-10;

Mark 6: 34-44;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:05:05
The Liturgical Year: The Epiphany of Our Lord
Jan 06, 2026

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:15:56
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Jan 5 (St. Telesphorus, P & M)
Jan 05, 2026

1 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11;

Matthew 16: 13-19;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:10:01
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Jan 5 (St. John Neumann, B)
Jan 05, 2026

1 John 3: 22 - 4: 6;

Matthew 4: 12-17, 23-25;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:09:34
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Jan 4 (Most Holy Name of Jesus)
Jan 04, 2026

Acts 4: 8-12;

Luke 2: 21;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:18
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Jan 4 (Epiphany of the Lord)
Jan 04, 2026

Isaiah 60: 1-6;

Ephesians 3: 2-6;

Matthew 2: 1-12;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:11:31
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 3 (Mass of the BVM)
Jan 03, 2026

Titus 3: 4-7;

Luke 2: 15-20;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:40
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 3
Jan 03, 2026

1 John 2: 29 - 3: 6;

John 1: 29-34;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:51
Church History - Chapter Twelve: The French Revolution
Jan 02, 2026

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistory

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Duration: 00:24:10
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 2 (Feria in Christmastide)
Jan 02, 2026

Titus 2: 11-15;

Luke 2: 21;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:10
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 2 (Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, BB & DD)
Jan 02, 2026

1 John 2: 22-28;

John 1: 19-28;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:10
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 1 (Feast of the Circumcision; Day 8 of Octave)
Jan 01, 2026

Titus 2: 11-15;

Luke 2: 21;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:21
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 1 (Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God; Day 8 of Octave)
Jan 01, 2026

Numbers 6: 22-27;

Galatians 4: 4-7;

Luke 2: 16-21;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:00
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 31 (Day 7 of Octave)
Dec 31, 2025

1 John 2: 18-21;

John 1: 1-18;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:10:42
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 31 (Day 7 of Octave)
Dec 31, 2025

Titus 3: 4-7;

Luke 2: 15-20;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:35
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 30 (Day 6 of Octave)
Dec 30, 2025

Titus 3: 4-7;

Luke 2: 15-20;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:35
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 30 (Day 6 of Octave)
Dec 30, 2025

1 John 2: 12-17;

Luke 2: 36-40;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:07:10
Church History - Chapter Eleven: Royal Absolutism
Dec 29, 2025

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

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Duration: 00:12:17
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 29 (Day 5 of Octave)
Dec 29, 2025

See also my episode on the history of St. Thomas Becket, on this his feast day: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/a-walk-through-catholic-history-episode-9-st-thomas-becket/id1642585690?i=1000681935941&l=en-GB

1 John 2: 3-11;

Luke 2: 22-35;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:06:42
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 29 (Day 5 of Octave)
Dec 29, 2025

See also my episode on the history of St. Thomas Becket, on this his feast day: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/a-walk-through-catholic-history-episode-9-st-thomas-becket/id1642585690?i=1000681935941&l=en-GB

Titus 3: 4-7;

Luke 2: 15-20;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:40
The Liturgical Year: The Holy Innocents
Dec 28, 2025

This Feast is not observed liturgically today, due to its coincidence with the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:06:11
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph)
Dec 28, 2025

Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14;

Colossians 3: 12-21;

Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:08:01
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Sunday Within Octave of Christmas)
Dec 28, 2025

Galatians 4: 1-7;

Luke 2: 33-40;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:46
Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - Sunday Within the Octave of the Nativity: In What True Wisdom Consists
Dec 28, 2025

Sermon V, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)

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Duration: 00:14:10
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)
Dec 27, 2025

1 John 1: 1-4;

John 20: 1-8;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:26
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)
Dec 27, 2025

Sirach 15: 1-6;

John 21: 19-24;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:52
The Liturgical Year: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
Dec 27, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:09:50
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)
Dec 26, 2025

Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59;

Matthew 10: 17-22;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:06:04
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)
Dec 26, 2025

Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59;

Matthew 23: 34-39;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:06:41
Commentary on the Three Masses of Christmas (1962)
Dec 25, 2025

MASS AT MIDNIGHT:

Titus 2: 11-15;

Luke 2: 1-14;

MASS AT DAWN:

Titus 3: 4-7;

Luke 2: 15-20;

MASS DURING THE DAY:

Hebrews 1: 1-12;

John 1: 1-14;

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Duration: 00:24:40
The Liturgical Year: Christmas Eve
Dec 24, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:05:39
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24 (Vigil of the Nativity)
Dec 24, 2025

Romans 1: 1-6;

Matthew 1: 18-21;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:08:39
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24
Dec 24, 2025

2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16;

Luke 1: 67-79;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:06:04
The Liturgical Year: Dec 23 - O Emmanuel
Dec 23, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:03:03
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23
Dec 23, 2025

Malachi 3: 1-4, 23-24;

Luke 1: 57-66;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:07:49
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 23, 2025

1 Corinthians 4: 1-5;

Luke 3: 1-6;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:33
Church History - Chapter Ten: The Catholic Counter-Reformation
Dec 23, 2025

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistory

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Duration: 00:16:49
The Liturgical Year: Dec 22 - O Rex Gentium
Dec 22, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:02:52
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 22, 2025

1 Corinthians 4: 1-5;

Luke 3: 1-6;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:33
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22
Dec 22, 2025

1 Samuel 1: 24-28;

Luke 1: 46-56;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:09
The Liturgical Year: Dec 21: O Oriens
Dec 21, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:03:23
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 21, 2025

1 Corinthians 4: 1-5;

Luke 3: 1-6;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:33
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 21, 2025

Isaiah 7: 10-14;

Romans 1: 1-7;

Matthew 1: 18-24;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:32
Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 4th Sunday of Advent: On the Love of Jesus Christ For Us, and On Our Obligations to Love Him
Dec 21, 2025

Sermon IV, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)

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Duration: 00:12:16
The Liturgical Year: Dec 20 - O Clavis David
Dec 20, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:02:38
Church History - Chapter Nine: The Protestant Revolt in Europe
Dec 20, 2025

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistory

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Duration: 00:47:37
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 20 (Ember Day)
Dec 20, 2025

Isaiah 19: 20-22;

Isaiah 35: 1-7;

Isaiah 40: 9-11;

Isaiah 45: 1-8;

Daniel 3: 47-53;

2 Thessalonians 2: 1-8;

Luke 3: 1-6;

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Duration: 00:16:21
The Liturgical Year: Dec 19 - O Radix Iesse
Dec 19, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:02:56
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19
Dec 19, 2025

Judges 13: 2-7, 24-25;

Luke 1: 5-25;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:08:17
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19 (Ember Day)
Dec 19, 2025

Isaiah 11: 1-5;

Luke 1: 39-47;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:09:31
The Liturgical Year: Dec 18 - O Adonai & The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dec 18, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:05:48
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 18, 2025

Philippians 4: 4-7;

John 1: 19-28;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:48
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18
Dec 18, 2025

Jeremiah 23: 5-8;

Matthew 1: 18-25;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:27
The Liturgical Year: Dec 17 - O Sapientia
Dec 17, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:05:49
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17 (Ember Day)
Dec 17, 2025

Isaiah 2: 2-5;

Isaiah 7: 10-15;

Luke 1: 26-38;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:56
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17
Dec 17, 2025

Genesis 49: 2, 8-10;

Matthew 1: 1-17;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:13:15
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16
Dec 16, 2025

Zephaniah 3: 1-2, 9-13;

Matthew 21: 28-32;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:26
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16 (St. Eusebius, B & M)
Dec 16, 2025

2 Corinthians 1: 3-7;

Matthew 16: 24-27;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:37
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15
Dec 15, 2025

Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17;

Matthew 21: 23-27;

Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

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Duration: 00:06:00
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 15, 2025

Philippians 4: 4-7;

John 1: 19-28;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:48
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 14, 2025

Isaiah 35: 1-6, 10;

James 5: 7-10;

Matthew 11: 2-11;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:08:47
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 14, 2025

Philippians 4: 4-7;

John 1: 19-28;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:48
Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 3rd Sunday of Advent: On the Means Necessary for Salvation
Dec 14, 2025

Sermon III, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)

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Duration: 00:10:58
The Liturgical Year: St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
Dec 13, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:06:12
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)
Dec 13, 2025

Sirach 48: 1-4, 9-11;

Matthew 17: 9-13;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:30
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)
Dec 13, 2025

2 Corinthians 10: 17-18; 11: 1-2;

Matthew 13: 44-52;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:04:13
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Dec 12, 2025

Sirach 24: 23-31;

Luke 1: 39-47;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:25
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Dec 12, 2025

Revelation 11: 19 - 20: 1-6, 10;

Luke 1: 26-38;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:43
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 11
Dec 11, 2025

Isaiah 41: 13-20;

Matthew 11: 11-15;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:26
Church History - Chapter Eight: The Beginnings of Modern Times
Dec 11, 2025

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

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Duration: 00:37:29
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 11 (Pope St. Damasus I)
Dec 11, 2025

1 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11;

Matthew 16: 13-19;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:10:01
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 10 (Feria of Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 10, 2025

Romans 15: 4-13;

Matthew 11: 2-10;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:35
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 10 (Our Lady of Loreto)
Dec 10, 2025

Isaiah 40: 25-31;

Matthew 11: 28-30;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:34
The Liturgical Year: The Translation of the House of Loreto
Dec 10, 2025

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Duration: 00:06:41
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 9 (Feria of Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 09, 2025

Romans 15: 4-13;

Matthew 11: 2-10;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:35
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 9
Dec 09, 2025

Isaiah 40: 1-11;

Matthew 18: 12-14;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:23
Church History - Chapter Seven: The Later Middle Ages
Dec 08, 2025

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

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Duration: 00:31:23
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 8 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM)
Dec 08, 2025

Genesis 3: 9-15, 20;

Ephesians 1: 3-6, 11-12;

Luke 1: 26-38;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:09:47
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 8 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM)
Dec 08, 2025

Proverbs 8: 22-35;

Luke 1: 26-28;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:08
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 7 (Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 07, 2025

Romans 15: 4-13;

Matthew 11: 2-10;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:07:35
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 7 (Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 07, 2025

Isaiah 11: 1-10;

Romans 15: 4-9;

Matthew 3: 1-12;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:12:35
Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 2nd Sunday of Advent: On the Advantages of Tribulations
Dec 07, 2025

Sermon II, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)

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Duration: 00:16:04
The Liturgical Year: The Practice of Advent
Dec 06, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:10:59
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 6 (St. Nicholas, B & C)
Dec 06, 2025

Hebrews 13: 7-17;

Matthew 25: 14-23;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:10:23
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 6 (St. Nicholas, B & C)
Dec 06, 2025

Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26;

Matthew 9: 35 - 10: 1, 5, 6-8;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:08:24
The Liturgical Year: The Mystery of Advent
Dec 05, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:11:37
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 5
Dec 05, 2025

Isaiah 29: 17-24;

Matthew 9: 27-31;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:03:41
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 5 (Feria of First Sunday of Advent)
Dec 05, 2025

Romans 13: 11-14;

Luke 21: 25-33;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:13
The Liturgical Year: The History of Advent
Dec 04, 2025

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle.

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Duration: 00:11:50
Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 4
Dec 04, 2025

Isaiah 26: 1-6;

Matthew 7: 21, 24-27;

Haydock Commentary

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Duration: 00:05:10
Church History - Chapter Six: The Golden Age of the Church
Dec 04, 2025

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.

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Duration: 00:49:10