Readings: Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 In the first reading today, we hear the story of Abraham being tested by God in a way that would be the horror of...
Readings: Gen 9:8-15; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 “This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel.” These words, taken from today’s Gospel, are...
Readings: Lev 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45 Today’s Gospel reading is always cause for a chuckle. We hear about a leper who comes to Jesus to ask for healing. When our Lord...
Readings: Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39 In the midst of his agony, Job speaks of man’s life on earth being a drudgery, his days like those of a hireling; he...
Readings: Deut 18:15-20; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mk 1:21-28 In the first reading today Moses tells the people of Israel that God would raise up a Prophet like Moses; that Prophet would have the Word...
Readings: 1 Sam 3:3b-10, 19; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42 In the first reading today we hear the story of the call of the Prophet Samuel. God calls Samuel three times as the...
Readings: Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Mk 1:7-11 In the Gospel reading today, St. Mark tells us “Jesus came from Nazareth and was baptized in the Jordan by John.” There is no commentary from...
Readings: Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 As we celebrate the Epiphany of our Lord, we need to reflect on the way our Lord chooses to manifest Himself to us. We see several...
Readings: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Col 3:12-21; Lk 2:22-40 In the first reading today Sirach tells us that God has set a father in honor over his children and that a mother’s authority over her...
Readings: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 In the Gospel reading today St. John the Baptist is asked who he is. He said he was not the Christ, Elijah, or the...
