Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first reading at Mass. Understanding the cultural, social, political, and economic context surrounding the […]
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The first section of the Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The prophet speaks directly to the people. He speaks […]
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Ezekiel provides this weekend’s first reading. Pivotal in Jewish history was the time spent by Hebrew captives, and by their descendants, in […]
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The last section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend with its first reading. Virtually none of the prophets of ancient Israel wrote when […]
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Sirach is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. Sirach’s author was Joshua, the son of Sirach. (He should not be […]
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time For the first reading this weekend, the Church gives us a passage from the ancient Book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel’s name in Hebrew in effect was […]
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16:21-27 The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. Since Jeremiah was the son of a priest, Hilkiah, he almost was reared amid […]
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 15:21-28 The third section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first reading. Understanding this part of Isaiah requires some […]
Transfiguration of the Lord Matthew 17:1-9 This weekend, the Church invites us to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The first reading is from the Book of […]
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. […]
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 10:26-33 The Book of Jeremiah supplies this weekend’s first reading. Jeremiah wrote at a time when life was hard for God’s Chosen People. Only […]
Feast of Corpus Christi John 6:51-58 This weekend, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, or as perhaps it is better known by its Latin […]
