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Luke 4:1-13 Gospel Summary Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Recall

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

Gospel: Luke 5: 1 – 11 On January 6, 2001, Pope, now Saint, John Paul II issued an Apostolic Letter entitled Novo Millenio Ineunte. He

Luke 4:21-30 Gospel Summary Biblical passages used in the liturgy often suffer from being removed from their contexts. This is particularly noticeable in today’s gospel

Lectionary 72 The beautiful passage which we hear today from the First Letter to the Corinthians is familiar to most priests, since it is one

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 narrative of God’s

Nehemiah 8: 2 – 4A, 5 – 6, 8 – 10; I Corinthians 12: 12 – 30; Gospel –Luke 1: 1 – 4; 4: 14 – 21

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

Lectionary 66  The “ordinary time” of the Church year has just begun, and already we are taking up the important theme of unity, something that

 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

Isaiah 42: 1 – 4, 6 – 7; Gospel – Luke 3: 15 – 1621 – 22 The celebration of the Baptism of the Lord marks

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

Lectionary #20, Gospel Matthew 2: 1-12 Every new year brings with it the hope of new possibilities and a fresh start. The feast of the

Luke 2: 16–21 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel text suffers somewhat from being removed from its biblical context. We are told that the shepherds “went with

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 ago we

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

Sirach 3: 2 – 6, 12 – 14; Collosians 3: 12 – 21; Gospel Luke 2: 41-52 This celebration of the Holy Family, just a

Luke 2: 1-14 Gospel Summary In the gospel passage for Mass at midnight we hear the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke. It is

Lectionary #14 The beauty of Christmas is that we sense a wonderful closeness to Christ who is Emmanuel—“God with us”. It is also special in

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