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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 18:21-35 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel selection is taken from a section of Matthew’s gospel that is concerned with the
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 18: 15-20 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel passage is taken from the fourth section (13:54-18:35) of Matthew’s gospel in which
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16: 21-27 Gospel Summary At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus had questioned the disciples about his identity and Peter responded confidently,
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16: 13-20 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s passage is part of the fourth section (13:54-18:35) of Matthew’s gospel in which
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Luke 1: 39-56 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel offers us once again the beautiful story of Mary’s visit to her
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 15:21-28 Gospel Summary While Jesus is in the Gentile region of Tyre and Siden, a Canaanite woman approaches and
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel Summary Bible scholars show us that Matthew organized the material of his gospel into five sections. This Sunday’s passage
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 14:22-23 Gospel Summary Bible scholars show us that Matthew organized the material of his gospel into five sections. This
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 14: 13-21 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 31, 2011 Gospel Summary The miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fish is so central
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13: 44-52 July 24, 2011 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s passage contains the last three of the set of seven
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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