The Sunday Gospel Archive

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Holy Week Shows Us the Depth of God’s Love for Us All

Palm Sunday The Church this weekend leads us to the climax of Lent, the observance of Holy Week, by offering the impressive liturgy of Palm Sunday. Recalling the triumphant entry […]

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Christ’s Mercy Awaits Those Who Strive to ‘Sin No More’

Fifth Sunday of Lent The Book of Isaiah supplies the first reading for this weekend in Lent. The reading is from the second part of Isaiah, written at a time […]

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Our Joy Comes from Knowing God Will Never Abandon Us

Fourth Sunday of Lent This weekend, the Church observes Laetare Sunday, the name being derived from the first word, in Latin, of the Entrance Antiphon. This word is “laetare,” or […]

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Lent Prepares Us to Be with God – Now and in the Next Life

Third Sunday of Lent The Book of Exodus, the source of the first reading, recalls the encounter between God and Moses at the burning bush. Moses is reported as tending […]

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Lent Gives Us the Resolve to Grow Closer to Christ

Second Sunday in Lent The Book of Genesis is the source of the first reading. It is a story about Abraham, whom the Jews regarded – and still regard – […]

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Like Christ, We Must Reject Satan’s Temptations This Lent

First Sunday of Lent The Book of Deuteronomy provides the first reading for this First Sunday of Lent. Deuteronomy recalls the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt, where they had […]

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Lent: We Must Work to Conform Ourselves to Christ

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Sirach is the source of the first reading. Sirach does not appear in the King James Version of the Bible – the translation […]

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In Preparing for Lent, Aim to Strengthen Rejection of Sin

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The First Book of Samuel supplies the first reading this weekend. Originally, this book and its companion, the Second Book of Samuel, were combined in […]

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Things of the Earth Are Temporary; Only God Is Everlasting

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time For its first reading, this weekend’s liturgy presents a selection from the Book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah must have been intense in his personality. First of […]

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Like the Apostles, We Are Called to Do the Will of God

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Isaiah is the source of the first reading this weekend. It was composed in a time when tranquility prevailed in the southern […]

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Devotion to God Brings Not Only Hope but Wisdom

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord This weekend, the Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, reminding us of the Jewish heritage of Jesus, Mary, and […]

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Our Vocation in Life is Simple: Seek Christ and Do His Will

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Nehemiah furnishes the first reading for this weekend. At one time in the Hebrew editions of the Bible, this book and the […]