The Fourth Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 4:8–12 Ps 118:1, 8–9, 21–23, 26, 29 1 Jn 3:1–2 Jn 10:11–18 Jesus, in today’s Gospel, says that He is the good shepherd the prophets had promised to Israel. He […]
The Third Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 3:13–15, 17–19 Ps 4:2, 4, 7–9 1 Jn 2:1–5 Lk 24:35–48 Jesus in today’s Gospel teaches His Apostles how to interpret the Scriptures. He tells them that all the […]
Divine Mercy Sunday Readings: Acts 4:32–35 Ps 118:2–4, 13–15, 22–24 1 Jn 5:1–6 Jn 20:19–31 Three times in today’s Psalm we cry out a victory shout: “His mercy endures forever.” Truly we’ve known the everlasting […]
Easter Sunday Readings: Acts 10:34, 37–43 Ps 118:1–2, 16–17, 22–23 Col 3:1–4 Jn 20:1–9 The tomb was empty. In the early morning darkness of that first Easter, there was only confusion for Mary Magdalene and […]
Passion Sunday Readings: Is 50:4–7 Ps 22:8–9, 17–20, 23–24 Phil 2:6–11 Mk 14:1–15:47 Crowned with thorns, our Lord is lifted up on the Cross, where He dies as “King of the Jews.” Notice […]
The Fifth Sunday of Lent Readings: Jer 31:31–34 Ps 51:3–4, 12–13, 14–15 Heb 5:7–9 Jn 12:20–33 Our readings today are filled with anticipation. The days are coming, Jeremiah prophesies in today’s First Reading. The hour […]
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Readings: 2 Chr 36:14–16, 19–23 Ps 137:1–6 Eph 2:4–10 Jn 3:14–21 The Sunday readings in Lent have been showing us the high points of salvation history—God’s covenant with creation in the […]
The Third Sunday of Lent Readings: Ex 20:1–17 Ps 19:8–11 1 Cor 1:22–25 Jn 2:13–25 Jesus does not come to destroy the Temple, but to fulfill it (see Matthew 5:17)—to reveal its true purpose in God’s […]
The Second Sunday of Lent Readings: Gn 22:1–2, 9–13, 15–18 Ps 116:10, 15–19 Rom 8:31–34 Mk 9:2–10 The Lenten season continues with another story of testing. Last Sunday, we heard the trial of Jesus in the desert. […]
The First Sunday of Lent Readings: Gn 9:8–15 Ps 25:4–9 1 Pt 3:18–22 Mk 1:12–15 Lent bids us to return to the innocence of Baptism. As Noah and his family were saved through the […]
