Saint Vincent Archabbey

Matthew 13: 44-52 The tone of the first reading of today’s mass is shaped by the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, made nearly

Matthew 13:44-52 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s passage contains the last three of the set of seven parables that Matthew placed in the center of his

Gospel Matthew 13 : 24 – 43 The Gospel today continues with some parables of Jesus. Parables are intended to cause the listener to think

Matthew 13:24-43 Gospel Summary There is a longer and a shorter version of this Sunday’s gospel reading and most congregations will probably hear only the

Matthew 13: 1-23 At first glance there seems to be some conflict between the reading from Isaiah the prophet and the gospel story of the

Matthew 13:1-23 Gospel Summary This parable about the sower of seeds is the first of seven parables that Matthew placed in the center of his

Matthew 11: 25-30 Gospel Summary This Sunday’s gospel is brief but exceedingly rich in meaning. It has two distinct, though related, parts. In the first,

Gospel Matthew 11 : 25 – 30 This Gospel takes place after Jesus reproached the unrepentant towns. We are told that, “he began to reproach

Matthew 16:13-19 Gospel Summary During his historical life, people knew Jesus and thought about him in many different ways. We are shocked to discover that

Matthew 16: 13-19 As is appropriate for two men who were constantly in danger during the course of their apostolic ministries, the Lord’s desire and

John 6:51-58 Gospel Summary When John records the words of Jesus that “the bread that I shall give for the life of the world is

John 6: 51 – 58 This Gospel is part of a larger portion of John known as the Bread of life Discourse. It begins with

John 3: 16-18 Gospel Summary John tells us that he has written his gospel so that we may come to believe in Jesus, the Son

John 3: 16-18 The passage we read from the Book of Exodus on the Feast of the Holy Trinity follows upon a description of how

John 20:19-23 Gospel Summary On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate the wonderful good news that the risen Lord has poured out his Spirit upon us, first

John 20: 19 – 23 The actual Pentecost event occurred on the Jewish Feast of Pentecost. The Jewish Feast is also known as the Festival

John 17: 1-11a Departure, presence and return are the key themes of the scriptures on the Feast of the Ascension. These points are woven around

John 17:1-11 Gospel Summary The mystical intimacy and poetic beauty of this prayer of Jesus with the Father make any attempt to summarize it quite

Gospel John 14: 15 – 21 This Gospel is part of what is known as the Last Supper Discourse. They had a difficulty understanding this

John 14:15-21 Gospel Summary To love Jesus means to trust him. And that means that we trust his radical teaching about an ideal of unselfish