Saint Vincent Archabbey

Is 58:1-9; Ps 51:3-6,18,19; Mk 9:14-15 What a rare thing indeed: a heart contrite and humbled.  Yet, this is what Lent is supposed to produce. 

Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4,6; Lk 9:22-25 The way of the just is the way of the Christ.  The Lord Jesus identified himself as the Way,

Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6,12-14,17; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 If we prayed Psalm 51 every day throughout lent, perhaps then we would retrieve the joy of

Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-11,23; Mk 9:30-37 With today’s psalm we find ourselves waiting for a Savior.  We wait for the One who saves us from

Jas 3:13-18; Ps19:8-10,15; Mk 9:14-29 The law, the Torah, the Word of the LORD, these are the sources of wisdom for the simple.  In another

1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Although this feast is named after the chair of Saint Peter, in our readings there isn’t much

Jas 2:14-24,26; Ps 112:1-6; Mk 8:34-9:1 How could the disciples not be shaken?  How could they not wonder if the Lord Jesus had lost it? 

Jas 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-7; Mk 7:24-30 The LORD hears the cry of the poor.  Always and everywhere, whenever the poor cry out the LORD hears

Jas 1:19-27; Ps 15:2-4; Mk 8:22-26 The Psalms invite all who pray them to ask a simple question: Who shall live on the holy mountain

Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-15,18,19; Mk 8:14-21
 With the psalms we pray, “Sustain me oh LORD, as you have promised, that I may live and disappoint

Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67,68,71,72,75,76; Mk 8:11-13 The kindness of the LORD abounds and astounds us again and again.  It is our only true comfort all

1Kgs12:26-32;13:33,34; Ps 106:6-7ab,19-22; Mk 8:1-10 They forgot the God who had saved them.  How could they forget?  How could we forget the God Became Man

1Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10,11ab,12-15; Mk 7:31-37 In every generation the LORD God cries out in the words of Psalm 81, “If only my people

1Kgs 11:4-13; Ps106:3,4,35,36,37,40; Mk 7:24-30 In his later years King Solomon let his foreign wives and concubines draw him away from the LORD God Almighty.

1Kgs 10:1-10; Ps 37:5,6,30,31,39,40; Mk 7:14-23 The Word of God was the constant preoccupation for all who pray.  It permeates all our days and frequents

1Kgs 8:22-23,27-30, Ps 84:3,4,5,10,11; Mk 7:1-13 The whole heart desires only one thing.  The heart God has made whole by his love desires only one

1Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-10; Mk 6:53-56
 Saint Scholastica and Saint Benedict were twins.  They came from wealth and gave all they had away to

Sir 47:2-11; Ps 18:31,47,50,51; Mk 6:14-29 
 His promise of faithful love is fire-tried, and he is a shield for all who take refuge in

1Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 119:9-14; Mk 6:30-34 The Father’s promise of life eternal in his Son, Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit is the treasure more

1Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chronicles 29:10,11ab,11d-12a,12bcd; Mk 6:7-13 Saint Paul Miki and his fellow martyrs were the clay vessels that held the treasure of the