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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
Solemnity of Christ the King
Lectionary 161, Gospel John 18: 33b-37 Today, on the feast of Christ the King, we sing at mass: “The Lord is king, he is robed
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 13: 24–32 Gospel Summary Jesus promises his disciples that they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 12: 38–44 Gospel Summary The Scribes mentioned in today’s gospel were not a religious sect, as were the Pharisees and Sadducees. They were simply
Thirty-first-Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 12: 28–34 In the Gospel for this weekend, we hear about an encounter that Jesus had with a Scribe. At the time of Jesus
Commemoration of All Souls
Lectionary 668, Gospel: John 6: 37-40 Christians have rightly prayed for their beloved dead from the first days of our faith, asking that their deceased
Feast of All Saints
Matthew 5: 1–12 Gospel Summary For the feast of All Saints we are asked to reflect on the first, and perhaps most important, verses of
Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
Lectionary 149 The first reading this Sunday gives the people of Israel a reason to rejoice and place a renewed sense of hope in the
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 53: 10 – 11, Mark 10: 35 – 45 This Gospel has ambition, jealousy and the paradox of Christian leadership. James and John approach
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 10: 17–30 Gospel Summary In today’s gospel passage, the rich young man who approaches Jesus asks the universally felt human question about the possibility
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 10: 2–16 Gospel Summary Some Pharisees, wanting to involve Jesus in current controversies about divorce, ask him whether it is lawful for a husband
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year
Lectionary 137 We rarely hear from the book of Numbers in the readings at mass; aside from New Year’s Day, a reading from this important
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 9: 30–37 This Gospel is similar to that of last Sunday when Jesus spoke of his passion. After that first mention to the apostles
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 8: 27–35 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel passage gives us an account of the most critical turning-point in the public ministry of Jesus. The stage
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 7: 31–37 Gospel Summary Jesus leaves the district of Tyre, and by way of Sidon goes into the district of the Decapolis. People beg
Twenty Second Sunday of the Year
Lectionary 125 “In your observance of the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I enjoin upon you, you shall not add to what I
Twenty-First- Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel, John 6: 60–69 This Sunday we hear the end of what is known as the “Bread of Life” discourse of Jesus. It follows the
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 6: 51–58 Gospel Summary The eight verses that constitute today’s gospel reading represent the climax of the lengthy Bread of Life Discourse in Chapter
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 6: 41–51 Gospel Summary The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven.” (In John’s