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Second Sunday of Easter
John 20: 19–31 Gospel Summary It is surely an understatement to say that the disciples were filled with joy as Jesus appeared to them, alive

Homily for Easter Sunday
Year C – Lectionary 42 On this glorious Easter Sunday we rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead as we hear John

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Luke 22: 14 – 23:56 At each celebration of the Mass we proclaim the mystery of faith, the various options all point to the central

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lectionary 34 – April 6, 2025 Each of the readings at mass on this fifth Sunday of Lent speaks in one way or another of

Fourth Sunday of Lent
Luke 15:1-3.11-32 Gospel Summary When we read the parables of Jesus, we need to remind ourselves that they are not accounts of historical events. Rather,

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