Saint Vincent Archabbey

Lectionary 124 We start our life of faith with an image of the future that is idealized, as things often are in a child’s eyes.

Matthew 16: 21-27 Gospel Summary At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus had questioned the disciples about his identity and Peter responded confidently, “You are the Messiah, the

Matthew 16: 13 – 20 When I was a child I loved to have keys. It didn’t matter if they were old car keys, house

Matthew 16: 13-20 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s passage is part of the fourth section (13:54-18:35) of Matthew’s gospel in which he explains the meaning of

Matthew 15: 21-28 Gospel Summary While Jesus is in the Gentile region of Tyre and Siden, a Canaanite woman approaches and cries out, “Have pity

Lectionary 118 The timeliness of today’s scripture readings is all the more striking given that they were not hastily arranged in the past couple of

Luke 1: 39–56 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel offers us once again the beautiful story of Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth, who is pregnant with

Luke 1: 39 – 56 The Solemnity of the Assumption is a celebration of Mary was assumed body and soul to heaven. This was a

Matthew 14: 22-33 Gospel Summary Bible scholars show us that Matthew organized the material of his gospel into five sections. This Sunday’s passage is part

Lectionary 115  Today’s readings touch upon a topic I am asked about fairly often; namely, the possibility of salvation for those who do not share

Matthew 17:1-9 The Gospel account of the Transfiguration is a very colorful one that conveys to us the meeting of Heaven and Earth and how

Matthew 13: 44-52 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s passage contains the last three of the set of seven parables that Matthew placed in the center of

Lectionary 109 Gospel: Matthew 13: 44-52 Listening is a skill often unpracticed today; we only need to note current political discourse, TV commentators on current

Matthew 13; 24 – 43 The Gospel today continues with some parables of Jesus. Parables are intended to cause the listener to think about them,

Matthew 13: 24-43 Gospel Summary There is a longer and a shorter version of this Sunday’s gospel reading and most congregations will probably hear only

Matthew 20: 1-16 Gospel Summary At dawn and throughout the day, the owner of a vineyard hires workers. They reach an agreement about wages; and

Matthew 13: 1-23 Gospel Summary This parable about the sower of seeds is the first of seven parables that Matthew placed in the center of

Lectionary 103 Gospel: Matthew 13: 1-23 It is appropriate that in the warm days of mid-summer we should have readings at mass that reflect on

Matthew 11: 25-30 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s gospel is brief but exceedingly rich in meaning. It has two distinct, though related, parts. In the first,

Gospel: Matthew 11: 25-30 The Gospel passage this week comes at an end of a chapter in which Jesus is facing increased opposition from the