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Third Sunday of Lent
Luke 13:1-9 Gospel Summary The gospel passage refers to two recent tragedies that were on people’s minds. Pilate had ordered the massacre of some Galileans
Second Sunday of Lent
Phil 3:17 – 4:1 Where are you a citizen? Often I meet people who tell me that they are a(an) ________ – American with pride
Homily for the First Sunday of Lent
Lectionary 24 – February 9, 2025 “Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean…’” (Deut 26:5). These words
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 6: 39-45 Gospel Summary The parables that Jesus offers in today’s gospel have one thing in common. They are all concerned with the qualities
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 6:27-38 Gospel Summary This passage from the Sermon on the Plain (6:20-49) is the counterpart of the Sermon on the Mount in the gospel
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Gospel Summary It is instructive to compare Luke’s Beatitudes with those of Matthew (5:2-11). Luke offers just four Beatitudes while Matthew gives
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 5:1-11 Gospel Summary While Jesus was speaking to a crowd that was pressing in on him by the Lake of Gennesaret, he noticed some
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is celebrated forty days after Christmas. It was a
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nehemiah 8: 2 – 4A, 5 – 6, 8 – 10, I Corinthians 12: 12 – 30, Gospel –Luke 1: 1 – 4; 4: 14
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Year C – Lectionary 66 – January 19, 2026 The “ordinary time” of the Church year has just begun, and already we are taking up
Baptism of the Lord
Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Gospel Summary The first verses of today’s gospel make it clear that the baptism of John is only a preparation for the
Epiphany
Matthew 2:1-12 Gospel Summary The Epiphany gospel is a continuation of the Christmas story in Matthew’s prologue to his gospel (chapters 1-2). The prologue is
Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God
Numbers 6:22-27, Galatians 4:4-7, Gospel – Luke 2:16-21 On the Octave of Christmas, we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. Eight days
Feast of the Holy Family
Luke 2:41-52 Gospel Summary At the end of Luke’s Infancy Narrative, we find a story that does not really pertain to his infancy, since he
The Nativity of the Lord
Lectionary 16 “O God, who wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and still more wonderfully restored it; grant, we pray, that we may share
Christmas, Vigil
Vigil Reading, Matthew 1: 1-25 The celebration of Christmas is our celebration of God’s love for us. He humbled himself out of love for us
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Luke 1:39-45 Gospel Summary On the carefully programmed Advent journey to Christmas, the Fourth Sunday belongs to Mary. This is so because Christmas, which celebrates
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Lectionary 689, Gospel: Luke 1: 26-38 Catholics have always held Mary the mother of Jesus in the highest honor and have found great consolation through
Second Sunday of Advent
Luke 3:1-6 Gospel Summary Luke’s elaborate attempt to locate the arrival of John the Baptist in the context of secular history seems to be the
First Sunday of Advent
Lectionary 3 We ended the Church Year with readings about the Second Coming of the Lord, and as we begin the new Church Year with
