Saint Vincent Archabbey

 Lectionary 58, Gospel Matthew 28: 16-28 Why did our Lord depart from us and ascend to the Father?  This is a question which I have

John 14:15-21 Gospel Summary To love Jesus means to trust him. And that means that we trust his radical teaching about an ideal of unselfish

John 14: 1-12 Gospel Summary That the Church gives us this Last Supper discourse of Jesus for an Easter Season Eucharist is illuminative. These words

John 10:1-10 Gospel Summary In this gospel passage, Jesus draws upon imagery associated with sheep herding. The people to whom he spoke were well aware

Gospel – Luke 24; 13 – 35 The Church celebrates Easter for fifty days, with the fiftieth day being Pentecost.  During these first weeks of

Lectionary 43 Today is a day of many names.  Properly speaking the second Sunday of Easter, yet in recent years it is also commonly called

John 20:1-9 Gospel Summary John’s resurrection account is relatively brief and differs significantly from the Synoptic accounts. Mary Magdalene has a prominent role here and

Matthew 26:14-27:66 Gospel Summary Matthew’s passion narrative begins with the plot of Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus and continues through the well-known scenes: celebration of

John 11: 1 – 45 As we near the end of Lent we have the Gospel of the death and resuscitation of Lazarus.  For Jesus,

Lectionary 31 Today is Laetare Sunday, the day when the opening antiphon for mass is taken from the final chapter of the book of the

John 4:5-42 Gospel Summary It is high noon when Jesus stops to rest by the well of Jacob. His revelation about life-giving water will provide

Matthew 17 1-9 Gospel Summary The fact that Jesus takes his more intimate disciples to the top of this nameless mountain alerts us to the

Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Matthew 4: 1-11 The first reading for this weekend is the second story of creation.  God forms man out of the clay

Matthew 5: 38 – 48 Sometimes we allow the unworthiness that results from of our sinfulness to overshadow the great love and mercy God has

Lectionary 76 Today we open the scriptures to an exhortation from an inspired writer who shared the same name as our Lord:  Jesus.  More fully,

Matthew 5: 13-16 Gospel Summary Jesus tells his disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. He adds,

Lectionary 70 Gospel Matthew 5:1-12A The virtues of humility and gentleness are clearly the keynotes of this Sunday’s scripture readings.  The prophet Zephaniah begins by

Matthew 4:12-23 This Gospel passage takes place right after Jesus had spent forty days in the desert praying and fasting in preparation for his ministry. 

John 1: 29-34 Gospel Summary These verses are the climactic conclusion of the prologue to the gospel according to John (1: 1-34). In the prologue

Matthew 3:13-17 Gospel Summary When Jesus presents himself for baptism, John the Baptist protests that he is not worthy to perform this ritual for one