Saint Vincent Archabbey

Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; Jn 8:51-59:  If we focus on our own victories this Lent, we have not been victorious.  If we look to ourselves

Dn3:14-20,91,92,95; Dn3:52-56; Jn8:31-42:  Today’s psalm echoes the universal praise of the Living God.  The LORD is God, and there is no other.  The gods of

Nm 21:4-9; Ps 2:2-3,16-21; Jn 8:21-30:  If we prayed this way all through the day, “O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come

Dn 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11:  In today’s readings there are many who walk through the valley of darkness.  Some are very comfortable there in

Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2,3,9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53:  No one wants to become lion’s prey.  No one wants to be torn to pieces.  The Psalmist and the

Wis 2:1a,12-22; Ps 34:17-21,23; Jn 7:1-2,10,25-30:  When the LORD confronts the evildoers something changes, drastically.  Sometimes the evildoers become more resolute.  They inflict even more

Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47:  The LORD remembered his people and favored them even in their infidelity.  This responsorial psalm remembers the day that

Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9,13cd,14,17,18; Jn 5:17-30What does it mean to call upon the LORD in truth?  Anyone, who calls upon the LORD in truth, knows

Ez 47:1-9,12; Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn 5:1-16:  “Behold the deeds of the LORD, the astounding things he has wrought on earth.”  This faith acclamation of the

Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6,11-12a,13b; Jn 4:43-54:  Those who are preserved from going down into the pit cannot hold back.  They cry out to all

Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3,4,18-21; Lk 18:9-14:  Why is the LORD not pleased with sacrifices?  Why does he not spurn a humbled and contrite heart?  From

Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6-17; Mk 12:28-34:  Every now and then we get a glimpse of what the LORD has in store for us.  It is

Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1,2,6-9; Lk 11:14-23:  If you harden your heart you can’t listen; if you are deaf you can’t hear.  Hearing is a prerequisite

Dt 4:1,5-9; Ps 147:12,13,15,16,19,20; Mt 5:17-19:  Without the Word of the LORD there would be no People of God.  The glory of Jerusalem and the

Dn 3:25,34-43; Ps 25:4-9; Mt 18:21-35:  Humility is truth.  To be humble is to live in the truth of total dependence upon the mercy of

Is 7:10-14;8:10 Ps 40:7-8a,8b,9-11 Heb 10:4-10 Lk 1:26-30:  Behold he comes. Behold the Word, who was with God and who is God, is made flesh and

Mi 7:14,15,18-20; Ps103:1-4,9-12; Lk 15:1-3,11-32:  Distance, great distance, unimaginable distance, this is what the LORD places between us and our sins. In Psalm 103 we hear

Gn 37:3,4,12,13a,17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43,45-46:  Only the LORD has pure motives.  They are sometimes hidden from our sight, but they are always pure.  All

Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31:  They are like chaff which the wind drives away. Who are they?  They are the wicked.  What a great

Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5, 6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28:  Psalm 31 is the prayer of Jeremiah and the prayer of Jesus, and it should be our