The Third Sunday of Advent Readings: Zephaniah 3:14–18 Isaiah 12:2–6 Philippians 4:4–7 Luke 3:10–18 The people in today’s Gospel are “filled with expectation.” They believe John the Baptist might be […]
The Second Sunday of Advent Readings: Baruch 5:1–9 Psalm 126:1–6 Philippians 1:4–6, 8–11 Luke 3:1–6 Today’s Psalm paints a dream-like scene—a road filled with liberated captives heading home to Zion (Jerusalem), […]
The First Sunday of Advent Readings: Jeremiah 33:14–16 Psalm 25:4–5, 8–10, 14 1 Thessalonians 3:12–4:2 Luke 21:25–28, 34–36 Every Advent, the Liturgy of the Word gives our sense of time a reorientation. There’s […]
The Solemnity of Christ the King Readings: Daniel 7:13–14 Psalm 93:1–2, 5 Revelation 1:5–8 John 18:33–37 What’s the truth Jesus comes to bear witness to in this last Gospel of the […]
The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Daniel 12:1–3 Psalm 16:5, 8–11 Hebrews 10:11–14, 18 Mark 13:24–32 In this, the second-to-the-last week of the Church year, Jesus has finally made it to […]
The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: 1 Kings 1:10–16 Psalm 146:7–10 Hebrews 9:24–28 Mark 12:41–44 We must live by the obedience of faith, a faith that shows itself in […]
The Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Deuteronomy 6:2–6 Psalm 18:2–4, 47, 57 Hebrews 7:23–28 Mark 12:28–34 Love is the only law we are to live by. And love is the fulfillment […]
The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Jeremiah 31:7–9 Psalm 126:1–6 Hebrews 5:1–6 Mark 10:46–52 Today’s Gospel turns on an irony—it is a blind man, Bartimaeus, who becomes the first besides […]
The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 53:10–11 Psalm 33:4-5,18–20, 22 Hebrews 4:14–16 Mark 10:35–45 The sons of Zebedee hardly know what they’re asking in today’s Gospel. They are thinking […]
The Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Wisdom 7:7–11 Psalm 90:12–17 Hebrews 4:12–13 Mark 10:17–30 The rich young man in today’s Gospel wants to know what we all want to know—how […]
