Saint Vincent Archabbey

March 24, 2013 Luke 22:14–23:56 Gospel Summary The gospel for this Sunday is Luke’s version of the passion and death of Jesus. It begins with

March 17, 2013 John 8:1-11 Gospel Summary This is the gospel about the woman who had been caught in adultery. Enemies of Jesus bring her

March 10, 2013 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

March 3, 2013 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

February 24, 2013 Luke 9:28b-36 Gospel Summary Luke’s version of the transfiguration of Jesus is more personal than the accounts of Mark and Matthew. Thus,

February 17, 2013 Luke 4:1-13 Gospel Summary Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by

February 10, 2013 Luke 5:1-11 Gospel Summary While Jesus was speaking to a crowd that was pressing in on him by the Lake of Gennesaret,

February 3, 2013 Luke 4:21-30 Gospel Summary Biblical passages used in the liturgy often suffer from being removed from their contexts. This is particularly noticeable

January 27, 2013 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Gospel Summary With this passage Luke introduces his two-volume work–Gospel and Acts of the Apostles. Luke’s work continues the

January 20, 2013 John 2: 1-11 Gospel Summary There are several unusual features about this story in today’s gospel. First of all, it is not

January 13, 2013 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

January 6, 2013 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).

December 30, 2012 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

 December 25, 2012 Luke 2: 1-14 Gospel Summary In the gospel passage for Mass at midnight we hear the Christmas story from the Gospel of

 December 23, 2012 Luke 1:39-45 Gospel Summary On the carefully programmed Advent journey to Christmas, the Fourth Sunday belongs to Mary. This is so because

 December 16, 2012 Luke 3:10-18 Gospel Summary Immediately preceding this passage, Luke tells us that the word of God had come upon John the Baptist

 December 9, 2012 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

 December 8, 2012 Luke 1:26-38 Gospel Summary: Theologians often make a distinction between “high” Christology, which emphasizes the divine nature of Jesus, and “low” Christology,

December 2, 2012 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Gospel Summary Luke places Jesus’ discourse about the destruction of the temple and his coming at the end of

Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11“The LORD shall rule the peoples with constancy.” The end of the world prevents the triumph of chaos. We need