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Through God’s Divine Mercy Are We Freed from Sin and Death
Second Sunday of Easter As almost always in the Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles furnishes the Liturgy of the Word with its first reading. Acts claims to be […]
Second Sunday of Easter As almost always in the Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles furnishes the Liturgy of the Word with its first reading. Acts claims to be […]
The Resurrection of the Lord A variety of biblical readings occurs in the course of liturgical celebrations for Easter. For instance, the Liturgy of the Word for the Easter Vigil […]
Palm Sunday This weekend, in a liturgy majestic in its ability to transport us to the events of the day that began the first Holy Week, the Church celebrates Palm […]
Fifth Sunday of Lent The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. A common theme runs through all the written prophecies of ancient Israel – namely, that despite human […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent The Second Book of Chronicles provides this Lenten weekend with its first reading. Chronicles was written about 1,000 years before Jesus. The identity of its author […]
Third Sunday of Lent The Book of Exodus is the source of the first biblical reading this weekend. In Hebrew history, the Exodus virtually was unsurpassed as an event of […]
Second Sunday of Lent The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Often, Genesis is associated with its creation narratives. Much else is included in Genesis. […]
First Sunday of Lent The first reading, from the Book of Genesis, presents the familiar story of Noah. It is a story of a contrast and of the consequences of […]
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading for this weekend comes from the Book of Leviticus. In sequence, Leviticus is the third book in modern translations of the Bible. […]
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Job is the source of this weekend’s first reading. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It nonetheless is […]
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Deuteronomy furnishes the first reading for this weekend. Deuteronomy appears in bibles as the fifth book in sequence in the Old Testament. […]
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Jonah, an Old Testament writing seldom presented in the liturgy. While Jonah is the […]