Saint Vincent Archabbey

Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1,2,4,5,18,19; Jn 6:16-21:  Neither famine nor death causes fear in the heart of those who hope for the Lord’s kindness. For those

1Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-5; Jn 14:6-14:  If their voice, the voice of the apostles, the voice of Philip and James is to resound to the

Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2,9,17-20; Jn 3:31-36:  When we are broken-hearted, the LORD is close to us.  When we are crushed in spirit, the LORD saves

Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21:  The LORD saves us from all our distress.  When we are truly poor he hears our cries, our groans,

Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2,5; Jn 3:7b-15:  What appears to the world as just bloody violence—the lifting up of Jesus on the cross—is for the eyes

Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-4-7a, 7b-9; Jn 3:1-8  One of the functions of humor is derision.  People make jokes about others to “put them in their

Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1,14-21; Mk 16: 9-15 Wouldn’t it make more sense to hear today’s Gospel first and then the reading from Acts? The future

Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1,2,4,22-27; Jn 21:1-14 Sometimes people exercise power simply because they can. Sometimes people exercise power simply to serve others. Sometimes people exercise

Acts 3:11-45;26; Ps 8:2,5-9; Lk 24:35-48  Saint Peter asked: “Why does this surprise you?”  The Lord Jesus asked: “Why are you disturbed?”  Today’s liturgy asks: 

Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4,6-8; Lk 24:13-35 Who is the cripple beggar at the beautiful gate? You are. I am. We are all unable to walk,

Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4,5,18-20,22; Jn 20:11-18 All during this “Bright Week” the liturgy summons us to rejoice and be glad, yet the crowds who listen

Acts 2:14,22-33; Ps 16:1,2,5,7-10; Mt 28:8-15:  The Eastern Church calls these days after Easter “Bright Week,” and in the West, we call it the Octave

Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118:1,2,16,17,22,23; Mt 28:1-10:  What is wonderful in our eyes?  The Psalm used as a response to our reading from the Epistle to

Is 52:13-53:12; Ps 31:2,6,12,13,15-17 Heb 4:14-16,5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42:  As we gaze upon Him whom we have pierced by our sin, what do we hear?  Today’s

Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 116:12-13,15-18; 1Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15:  This responsorial psalm provides a question worth of both early morning meditation and end of the day

Is 50:4-9; Ps 69:8-10,21,22,31,33,34; Mt 26:14-25:  What a difference one day makes in this beautiful drama of Holy Week. The psalm now sings of the

Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6,15,16; Jn 13:21-33,36-38: In a shame based social organization, it is death to have your dignity publicly denied. Today’s responsorial psalm reflects

Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3,13-14; Jn 12:1-11: We spend this whole week gazing upon the cross of Christ. We look with love upon the Faithful Servant

Ez 37:21-28
; Ps Jer 31:10,11,12; Jn 11:45-56
:  So how does a shepherd guard his flock?  The Good Shepherd, a title the Lord Jesus gives himself

Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42:  It sounds so selfish. This psalm sounds self-centered. The opening line admits that my love for the LORD is because he