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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13: 24-43 July 17, 2011 Gospel Summary There is a longer and a shorter version of this Sunday’s gospel

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13:1-23 July 10, 2011 Gospel Summary This parable about the sower of seeds is the first of seven parables

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 11: 25-30 July 3, 2011 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s gospel is brief but exceedingly rich in meaning. It has

The Body and Blood of Christ John 6:51-58 June 26, 2011 Gospel Summary When John records the words of Jesus that “the bread that I

Trinity Sunday John 3: 16-18 June 19, 2011 Gospel Summary John tells us that he has written his gospel so that we may come to

Pentecost Sunday John 20:19-23 June 12, 2011 Gospel Summary On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate the wonderful good news that the risen Lord has richly endowed

Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17:1-11a June 5, 2011 Gospel Summary The mystical intimacy and poetic beauty of this prayer of Jesus with the Father

Ascension of the Lord Matthew 28:16-20 June 2, 2011 Gospel Summary There is no account of the actual ascension of the Lord in Matthew’s gospel

Sixth Sunday of Easter John 14:15-21 May 29, 2011 Gospel Summary To love Jesus means to trust him. And that means that we trust his

Fifth Sunday of Easter John 14: 1-12 May 22, 2011 Gospel Summary That the Church gives us this Last Supper discourse of Jesus for an

Fourth Sunday of Easter John 10:1-10 May 15, 2011 Gospel Summary In this gospel passage, Jesus draws upon imagery associated with sheep herding. The people

Gospel Summary Luke 24: 13-35 May 8, 2011 Two disciples on the road to a village called Emmaus meet a stranger and proceed to discuss

Second Sunday of Easter John 20: 19-31 May 1, 2011 Gospel Summary With allusions to the Eucharistic liturgy, this passage describes the appearance of the

Easter Sunday John 20:1-9 April 24, 2011 Gospel Summary John’s resurrection account is relatively brief and differs significantly from the Synoptic accounts. Mary Magdalene has

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s passion Matthew 26:14-27:66 April 17, 2011 Gospel Summary Matthew’s passion narrative begins with the plot of Judas Iscariot to betray

Fifth Sunday of Lent John 11:1-45 April 10, 2011 Gospel Summary In John’s gospel, Jesus is first and foremost the one who gives life. In

Fourth Sunday of Lent John 9: 1-41 April 3, 2011 Gospel Summary Jesus, in order that the works of God might be made visible, gives

Third Sunday of Lent John 4: 5-42 March 27, 2011 Gospel Summary It is high noon when Jesus stops to rest by the well of

Second Sunday of Lent Matthew 17: 1-9 March 20, 2011 Gospel Summary The fact that Jesus takes his more intimate disciples to the top of

First Sunday of Lent Matthew 4: 1-11 March 13, 2011 Gospel Summary In this brief passage Matthew captures the essence of the trials Jesus would