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Lectionary 97; Gospel: Matthew 10: 37-42 We are challenged today to leave behind all in order to new life in Christ: “Whoever finds his life

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

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

Matthew 10: 26-33 Gospel Summary In today’s gospel passage, Jesus reminds his disciples that they will meet opposition if they try to live his message

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 expression

Luke 1: 57–66, 80 Gospel Summary Luke introduces his gospel narrative of Jesus with the events surrounding the birth of John the Baptist. In prior

Gospel: Matthew 11: 25-30 The heart has always been a symbol of love, just think of all the hearts that are seen each year on

John 6: 51-68 Gospel Summary When John records the words of Jesus that “the bread that I shall give for the life of the world

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 of

Gospel: John 3; 16 – 18 We just completed ninety days of Lent and Easter in which we recalled and entered into more deeply the

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

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,

Lectionary 63, Gospel John 20:19-23 Today’s feast of Pentecost is the Church’s most important celebration of the Holy Spirit and acknowledgment of its life-giving presence

John 17:1-11a Gospel Summary The mystical intimacy and poetic beauty of this prayer of Jesus with the Father make any attempt to summarize it quite

Gospel – John 14; 1 – 12 This past Thursday the Feast of the Ascension was celebrated in the dioceses in the Northeast part of

Mark 16: 15-20 Gospel Summary In the last chapter of Mark’s gospel, we hear the Risen Lord issuing to us a solemn challenge: “Go into

Lectionary 58, Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20 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

Lectionary 55, Gospel: John 14: 15-21 In the Easter season the readings at mass are often taken from the Acts of the Apostles and focus

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