Advent – Office of Readings Reflection

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Saint Augustine, bishop Truth has arisen from the earth, and justice looked down from heaven Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a treatise against the heresy of Noetus by Saint Hippolytus, priest and martyr The manifestation of the hidden mystery There is only one God, brethren, and we learn about him only...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a commentary on Luke by Venerable Bede, priest The Magnificat Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. The Lord has exalted me by...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a commentary on Luke by Saint Ambrose, bishop Mary visits Elizabeth When the angel revealed his message to the Virgin Mary he gave her a sign to win her trust. He told her of the...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a homily In Praise of the Virgin Mother by Saint Bernard, abbot The whole world awaits Mary’s reply You have heard, O Virgin, that you will conceive and bear a son; you have heard...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr The plan of redemption through the Incarnation God is man’s glory. Man is the vessel which receives God’s action and...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a letter to Diognetus God has revealed his love through the Son No man has ever seen God or known him, but God has revealed himself to us through faith, by which alone it is possible...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo: From a letter by Saint Leo the Great, pope The mystery of our reconciliation with God To speak of our Lord, the son of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as true and perfect man is of no value to...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a treatise Against Heresies, by Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr When Christ comes, God will be seen by men There is one God, who by his word and wisdom created all things and set...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From the Imitation of Christ On humility and peace Do not care much who is with you and who is against you; but make it your greatest care that God is with you in everything you do. Have...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a discourse On the Contemplation of God by William of Saint Thierry, abbot He loved us first Truly you alone are the Lord. Your dominion is our salvation, for to serve you is nothing...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Saint Augustine, bishop The Voice is John, the Word is Christ John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbot Mary and the Church The Son of God is the first-born of many brothers. Although by nature he is the only-begotten, by grace he has joined...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a treatise Against Heresies, by Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr Eve and Mary The Lord, coming into his own creation in visible form, was sustained by his own creation which he...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop Love desires to see God When God saw the world falling to ruin because of fear, he immediately acted to call it back to himself with love....

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Augustine, bishop God’s promises are held out to us by his Son God established a time for his promises and a time for their fulfillment. The time...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Saint Anselm, bishop Virgin Mary, all nature is blessed by you Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and night—everything that is subject to the power or use...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a letter by Saint Ambrose, bishop By the grace of your words win over your people You have entered upon the office of bishop. Sitting at the helm of the Church, you pilot the ship...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From commentary on Isaiah by Eusebius of Caesarea The voice in the wilderness The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God....

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a treatise On the Value of Patience by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr We hope for what we do not see Patience is a precept for salvation given us by our Lord, our teacher: Whoever...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From the Proslogion by Saint Anselm, bishop Desire for the vision of God Insignificant man, escape from your everyday business for a short while, hide for a moment from your restless...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a commentary on the Diatessaron by Saint Ephrem, deacon Keep watch: he is to come again To prevent his disciples from asking the time of his coming, Christ said: About that hour no...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot God's Word will come to us We know that there are three comings of the Lord. The third lies between the other two. It is invisible, while the other...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a sermon by Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishop The marvel of the Incarnation The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, the incomprehensible, the incorporeal, the...

Click on the audio link below to pray this Office of Readings with Fr. Ivan Olmo:From a homily on the Gospel of John by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop We have found the Messiah After Andrew had stayed with Jesus and had learned much from him, he did not keep this...