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Gaudete Sunday

3rd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B

December 9, 2020

Our ultimate salvation is safely in the hands of Christ.  How ought we behave in the mean time? Link here to the Sunday readings, and here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%

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3rd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B

December 13, 2017

Gaudete Sunday’s rose candle reminds us that as long as we are Christ’s, God’s saving plan will be accomplished through us. Now there’s a reason to rejoice! Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%

Filed Under: Fractio Verbi Tagged With: 3rd Sunday of Advent Cycle B, Fr. Charlie Gordon CSC, Garaventa Center, Gaudete Sunday

3rd Sunday in Advent, Cycle C: December 13, 2015

December 9, 2015

Borrowing from the field of educational psychology, we might think of this Gaudete Sunday as a kind of “anticipatory set” regarding the joy and peace of Christmas. Click here to link to this Sunday’s readings. Click the Play button to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection, or save for later. Click here for a transcript of […]

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3rd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B: December 14, 2014

December 10, 2014

Long tradition establishes the 3rd Sunday in Advent as “Gaudete Sunday,” for the readings’ repetition of “rejoice!” remind us that the Savior we yearn for is very near indeed.  Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings, or the down arrow […]

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3rd Sunday of Advent–Cycle A

December 11, 2013

As Advent enters its third week, the Church traditionally refers to this Sunday as Gaudete–“Rejoice”–Sunday, because our patient yearning is drawing to a close. Fr. Charlie offers another, very concrete reason for our rejoicing. Click here to link to this Sunday’s readings. Click the Play button below to listen to his reflection. Click here for […]

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6th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B

May 5, 2021 By Karen Eifler

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our deepest insights into what is beautiful in other people are evidence that the same beauty dwells somewhere in us? Click here for the Sunday readings, and here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%

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