By: By Sharon Priester Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept. 14 Numbers 21:4b-9; Psalm 78:1bc-2,34-35,36-37,38; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 The cross today — a universal symbol of Christian belief, carried in processions in our churches, a thing of beauty. During Jesus’ time, it was a sign of torture, dread, humiliation and degradation. […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 31 Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 63:2,3-4,5-6,8-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 The Gospel reading for this week, the Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, and last week illustrate the challenge of discipleship through a day in the life of Simon Peter. In last Sunday’s Gospel Jesus asked, “Who […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 17 Isaiah 56:1,6-7; Psalm 67:2-3,5,6,8; Romans 11:13-15,29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 Jesus comes off a little surlier than normal in the Gospel according to Matthew for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Jesus and his disciples have withdrawn to Phoenicia, an area inhabited mostly by the Canaanites. […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 3 Isaiah 55:1-3; Psalm 145:8-9,15-16,17-18; Romans 8:35,37-39; Matthew 14:13-21 It ought to come as no surprise to people who believe our salvation came through God becoming man that a means of connecting with God would be through eating. Making the message as naturally human as […]
Continue readingBy: By Tim Irwin Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 20 Wisdom 12:13,16-19; Psalm 86:5-6,9-10,15-16; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13-24-43 The Gospel readings for last week, this week, and next week are drawn from the 13th chapter of Matthew. This chapter relates the parables of the Kingdom of God, some of the best known teachings of […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 6 Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 145:1-2,8-9,10-11,13-14; Romans 8:9,11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 Trials and tribulations both great and small punctuate this life. Each of us will experience times of great loss such as the death of a loved one. We will also deal with smaller, but perhaps more […]
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By: By Shawn Reeves Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), June 22 Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14b-16a; Psalm 147:12-13,14-15,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; Sequence: Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem; John 6:51-58 A number of years ago, on the eve of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, my eldest son opened his mouth before the priest, extended […]
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By: By Msgr. Albert Hallin Pentecost Sunday, June 8 Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1,24,29-30,31,34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13; Sequence: Veni, Sancte Spiritus; John 20:19-23 Step back for a moment and take a long, hard look at the whole sweep of God’s plan to save mankind from the disaster of a lifestyle of mortal sin. It’s Pentecost! Jesus […]
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By: By Msgr. Stuart Swetland Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11 Acts 2:14a,36-41; Psalm 23:1-3a,3b-4,5,6; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 Happy Mother’s Day! In this month which is dedicated to honoring Mary, the mother of our Lord and the mother of all Christians, we give thanks and praise to God for the gift of our […]
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By: By Msgr. Stewart Swetland Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy), April 27 Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Sequence (Victimae Paschali Laudes); John 20:19-31 Today in Rome, Pope Francis will canonize two of his predecessors: St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II. Every canonization is a celebration of God’s mercy […]
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