Catholic Daily Brief
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Episodes
1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 10 (Saturday of the BVM)
Jan 10, 2026Titus 3: 4-7;
Luke 2: 15-20;
Haydock Commentary
Duration: 00:03:35Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 10
Jan 10, 20261 John 5: 14-21;
John 3: 22-30;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:591962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 9 (Feria of the Epiphany)
Jan 09, 2026Isaiah 60: 1-6;
Matthew 2: 1-12;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:09:29Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 9
Jan 09, 20261 John 5: 5-13;
Luke 5: 12-16;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:06:46Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 8
Jan 08, 20261 John 4: 19- 5: 4;
Luke 4: 14-22;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:06:431962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 8 (Feria of the Epiphany)
Jan 08, 2026Isaiah 60: 1-6;
Matthew 2: 1-12;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:09:29Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Jan 7
Jan 07, 20261 John 4: 11-18;
Mark 6: 45-52;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:121962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Jan 7 (Feria of Epiphany)
Jan 07, 2026Isaiah 60: 1-6;
Matthew 2: 1-12;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:09:291962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Jan 6 (Epiphany of Our Lord)
Jan 06, 2026Isaiah 60: 1-6;
Matthew 2: 1-12;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:11:29Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Jan 6
Jan 06, 20261 John 4: 7-10;
Mark 6: 34-44;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:05:05The Liturgical Year: The Epiphany of Our Lord
Jan 06, 2026The 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: 00:15:561962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Jan 5 (St. Telesphorus, P & M)
Jan 05, 20261 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11;
Matthew 16: 13-19;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:10:01Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Jan 5 (St. John Neumann, B)
Jan 05, 20261 John 3: 22 - 4: 6;
Matthew 4: 12-17, 23-25;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:09:341962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Jan 4 (Most Holy Name of Jesus)
Jan 04, 2026Acts 4: 8-12;
Luke 2: 21;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:18Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Jan 4 (Epiphany of the Lord)
Jan 04, 2026Isaiah 60: 1-6;
Ephesians 3: 2-6;
Matthew 2: 1-12;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:11:311962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 3 (Mass of the BVM)
Jan 03, 2026Titus 3: 4-7;
Luke 2: 15-20;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:40Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Jan 3
Jan 03, 20261 John 2: 29 - 3: 6;
John 1: 29-34;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:51Church History - Chapter Twelve: The French Revolution
Jan 02, 2026From 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: 00:24:101962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 2 (Feria in Christmastide)
Jan 02, 2026Titus 2: 11-15;
Luke 2: 21;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:10Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Jan 2 (Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, BB & DD)
Jan 02, 20261 John 2: 22-28;
John 1: 19-28;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:101962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 1 (Feast of the Circumcision; Day 8 of Octave)
Jan 01, 2026Titus 2: 11-15;
Luke 2: 21;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:21Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Jan 1 (Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God; Day 8 of Octave)
Jan 01, 2026Numbers 6: 22-27;
Galatians 4: 4-7;
Luke 2: 16-21;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:00Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 31 (Day 7 of Octave)
Dec 31, 20251 John 2: 18-21;
John 1: 1-18;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:10:421962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 31 (Day 7 of Octave)
Dec 31, 2025Titus 3: 4-7;
Luke 2: 15-20;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:351962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 30 (Day 6 of Octave)
Dec 30, 2025Titus 3: 4-7;
Luke 2: 15-20;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:35Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 30 (Day 6 of Octave)
Dec 30, 20251 John 2: 12-17;
Luke 2: 36-40;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:07:10Church History - Chapter Eleven: Royal Absolutism
Dec 29, 2025From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.
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Duration: 00:12:17Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 29 (Day 5 of Octave)
Dec 29, 2025See 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: 00:06:421962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 29 (Day 5 of Octave)
Dec 29, 2025See 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: 00:03:40The Liturgical Year: The Holy Innocents
Dec 28, 2025This 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: 00:06:11Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph)
Dec 28, 2025Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14;
Colossians 3: 12-21;
Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:08:011962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Sunday Within Octave of Christmas)
Dec 28, 2025Galatians 4: 1-7;
Luke 2: 33-40;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:46Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - Sunday Within the Octave of the Nativity: In What True Wisdom Consists
Dec 28, 2025Sermon V, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)
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Duration: 00:14:10Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)
Dec 27, 20251 John 1: 1-4;
John 20: 1-8;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:261962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)
Dec 27, 2025Sirach 15: 1-6;
John 21: 19-24;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:52The Liturgical Year: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
Dec 27, 2025The 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: 00:09:50Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)
Dec 26, 2025Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59;
Matthew 10: 17-22;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:06:041962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)
Dec 26, 2025Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59;
Matthew 23: 34-39;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:06:41Commentary on the Three Masses of Christmas (1962)
Dec 25, 2025MASS 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: 00:24:40The Liturgical Year: Christmas Eve
Dec 24, 2025The 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: 00:05:391962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24 (Vigil of the Nativity)
Dec 24, 2025Romans 1: 1-6;
Matthew 1: 18-21;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:08:39Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24
Dec 24, 20252 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16;
Luke 1: 67-79;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:06:04The Liturgical Year: Dec 23 - O Emmanuel
Dec 23, 2025The 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: 00:03:03Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23
Dec 23, 2025Malachi 3: 1-4, 23-24;
Luke 1: 57-66;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:07:491962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 23, 20251 Corinthians 4: 1-5;
Luke 3: 1-6;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:33Church History - Chapter Ten: The Catholic Counter-Reformation
Dec 23, 2025From 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: 00:16:49The Liturgical Year: Dec 22 - O Rex Gentium
Dec 22, 2025The 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: 00:02:521962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 22, 20251 Corinthians 4: 1-5;
Luke 3: 1-6;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:33Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22
Dec 22, 20251 Samuel 1: 24-28;
Luke 1: 46-56;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:09The Liturgical Year: Dec 21: O Oriens
Dec 21, 2025The 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: 00:03:231962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 21, 20251 Corinthians 4: 1-5;
Luke 3: 1-6;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:33Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Dec 21, 2025Isaiah 7: 10-14;
Romans 1: 1-7;
Matthew 1: 18-24;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:32Sunday 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, 2025Sermon IV, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)
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Duration: 00:12:16The Liturgical Year: Dec 20 - O Clavis David
Dec 20, 2025The 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: 00:02:38Church History - Chapter Nine: The Protestant Revolt in Europe
Dec 20, 2025From 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: 00:47:371962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 20 (Ember Day)
Dec 20, 2025Isaiah 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: 00:16:21The Liturgical Year: Dec 19 - O Radix Iesse
Dec 19, 2025The 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: 00:02:56Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19
Dec 19, 2025Judges 13: 2-7, 24-25;
Luke 1: 5-25;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:08:171962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19 (Ember Day)
Dec 19, 2025Isaiah 11: 1-5;
Luke 1: 39-47;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:09:31The Liturgical Year: Dec 18 - O Adonai & The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dec 18, 2025The 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: 00:05:481962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 18, 2025Philippians 4: 4-7;
John 1: 19-28;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:48Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18
Dec 18, 2025Jeremiah 23: 5-8;
Matthew 1: 18-25;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:27The Liturgical Year: Dec 17 - O Sapientia
Dec 17, 2025The 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: 00:05:491962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17 (Ember Day)
Dec 17, 2025Isaiah 2: 2-5;
Isaiah 7: 10-15;
Luke 1: 26-38;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:56Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17
Dec 17, 2025Genesis 49: 2, 8-10;
Matthew 1: 1-17;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:13:15Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16
Dec 16, 2025Zephaniah 3: 1-2, 9-13;
Matthew 21: 28-32;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:261962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16 (St. Eusebius, B & M)
Dec 16, 20252 Corinthians 1: 3-7;
Matthew 16: 24-27;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:37Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15
Dec 15, 2025Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17;
Matthew 21: 23-27;
Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
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Duration: 00:06:001962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 15, 2025Philippians 4: 4-7;
John 1: 19-28;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:48Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 14, 2025Isaiah 35: 1-6, 10;
James 5: 7-10;
Matthew 11: 2-11;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:08:471962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)
Dec 14, 2025Philippians 4: 4-7;
John 1: 19-28;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:48Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 3rd Sunday of Advent: On the Means Necessary for Salvation
Dec 14, 2025Sermon III, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)
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Duration: 00:10:58The Liturgical Year: St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
Dec 13, 2025The 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: 00:06:12Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)
Dec 13, 2025Sirach 48: 1-4, 9-11;
Matthew 17: 9-13;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:301962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)
Dec 13, 20252 Corinthians 10: 17-18; 11: 1-2;
Matthew 13: 44-52;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:04:131962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Dec 12, 2025Sirach 24: 23-31;
Luke 1: 39-47;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:25Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Dec 12, 2025Revelation 11: 19 - 20: 1-6, 10;
Luke 1: 26-38;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:43Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 11
Dec 11, 2025Isaiah 41: 13-20;
Matthew 11: 11-15;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:26Church History - Chapter Eight: The Beginnings of Modern Times
Dec 11, 2025From 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: 00:37:291962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 11 (Pope St. Damasus I)
Dec 11, 20251 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11;
Matthew 16: 13-19;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:10:011962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 10 (Feria of Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 10, 2025Romans 15: 4-13;
Matthew 11: 2-10;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:35Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 10 (Our Lady of Loreto)
Dec 10, 2025Isaiah 40: 25-31;
Matthew 11: 28-30;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:34The Liturgical Year: The Translation of the House of Loreto
Dec 10, 2025The 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: 00:06:411962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 9 (Feria of Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 09, 2025Romans 15: 4-13;
Matthew 11: 2-10;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:35Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 9
Dec 09, 2025Isaiah 40: 1-11;
Matthew 18: 12-14;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:23Church History - Chapter Seven: The Later Middle Ages
Dec 08, 2025From 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: 00:31:23Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 8 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM)
Dec 08, 2025Genesis 3: 9-15, 20;
Ephesians 1: 3-6, 11-12;
Luke 1: 26-38;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:09:471962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 8 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM)
Dec 08, 2025Proverbs 8: 22-35;
Luke 1: 26-28;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:081962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 7 (Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 07, 2025Romans 15: 4-13;
Matthew 11: 2-10;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:07:35Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 7 (Second Sunday of Advent)
Dec 07, 2025Isaiah 11: 1-10;
Romans 15: 4-9;
Matthew 3: 1-12;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:12:35Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 2nd Sunday of Advent: On the Advantages of Tribulations
Dec 07, 2025Sermon II, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787)
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Duration: 00:16:04The Liturgical Year: The Practice of Advent
Dec 06, 2025The 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: 00:10:591962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 6 (St. Nicholas, B & C)
Dec 06, 2025Hebrews 13: 7-17;
Matthew 25: 14-23;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:10:23Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 6 (St. Nicholas, B & C)
Dec 06, 2025Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26;
Matthew 9: 35 - 10: 1, 5, 6-8;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:08:24The Liturgical Year: The Mystery of Advent
Dec 05, 2025The 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: 00:11:37Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 5
Dec 05, 2025Isaiah 29: 17-24;
Matthew 9: 27-31;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:03:411962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 5 (Feria of First Sunday of Advent)
Dec 05, 2025Romans 13: 11-14;
Luke 21: 25-33;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:13The Liturgical Year: The History of Advent
Dec 04, 2025The 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: 00:11:50Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 4
Dec 04, 2025Isaiah 26: 1-6;
Matthew 7: 21, 24-27;
Haydock Commentary
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Duration: 00:05:10Church History - Chapter Six: The Golden Age of the Church
Dec 04, 2025From 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: 00:49:10