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Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TIme
Lectionary 130 In the course of my ministry as a priest the most common problem people share with me is anger, and the accompanying hesitancy

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 18:15-20 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel passage is taken from the fourth section (13:54-18:35) of Matthew’s gospel in which he explains the relation of Christ

Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time
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 Son

Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time
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

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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 John

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
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

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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 his

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

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary 103, Gospel MT 13: 1-23 It is appropriate that in the warm days of mid-summer we should have readings at mass that reflect on

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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,

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10: 37-42 Gospel Summary In chapter ten of his gospel, Matthew explains how Jesus extends the mission he received from the Father to his

Saints Peter and Paul
Matthew 16: 13-19 As is appropriate for two men who were constantly in danger during the course of their apostolic ministries, the Lord’s desire and

Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Gospel: Matthew 10: 26-33 This past Wednesday, June 21st, was the official beginning of Summer and sometimes called the longest day of the year. The

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Lectionary 587, Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80 A person’s name is a precious thing; it identifies and distinguishes the person from others and often is the

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:36-10:8 Gospel Summary The heart of Jesus is moved with compassion at the sight of the crowds who are like frightened, helpless sheep abandoned

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Lectionary 167 , Gospel: John 6:51-58 Moses opens the scripture readings on this feast of Corpus Christi, commanding the Israelites: “Remember…do not forget” the providence

Trinity Sunday
John 3: 16-18 Gospel Summary John tells us that he has written his gospel so that we may come to believe in Jesus, the Son

Pentecost Sunday
John 20:19-23 Gospel Summary On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate the wonderful good news that the risen Lord has poured out his Spirit upon us, first