25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Protestants, accustomed to reading the King James Version of the Bible, often ask why Catholic versions of the Scriptures include the Book of Wisdom. The […]
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time The last and third section of the Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend in Ordinary Time. This passage is one of […]
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading for this weekend, from the Book of Isaiah, speaks of the blind, the deaf, and the lame. Today’s culture is very different […]
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Joshua provides this weekend’s first reading. The book draws its name from the ancient Israelite leader, Joshua, who followed Moses and guided […]
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time The First Book of Kings provides the first reading. Unified Israel’s kings are the central figures in these books, although the prophets, such as Elijah, […]
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Second Book of Kings is the source for this weekend’s first reading. Originally, First and Second Kings composed one volume, but at one point […]
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Jeremiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. One of the three major prophets of ancient Israel, Jeremiah so firmly saw […]
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Amos is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Amos is one of the relatively few prophets of whom something is known. […]
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading. When this book originally was written, the plight of God’s people was very bad. […]
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time This weekend, the Sunday liturgies return to Ordinary Time, after the long period of Lent, the Easter season, and a series of important feasts. The […]
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading for this weekend’s liturgy is from the Book of Ezekiel, who is regarded as one of the great Hebrew prophets. Not interested […]
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Genesis is the first book chronologically and sequentially in the modern translation of […]
