Readings: Is 11:1-10; Rom 15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 In the first reading today, we hear about a shoot that will sprout from the stump of Jesse. Jesse, recall, was the father of King David. The...
Readings: Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 The beginning of a new Church year, places us, spiritually speaking, on the summit of a mountain. From our perch on this height we look one direction...
Readings: 2 Sam 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43 In the first reading today we hear about the people of Israel coming to King David in Hebron. David was already the King in Judea, but...
Readings: Mal 3:19-20a; 2 Thes 3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 In the Gospel reading, our Lord tells His Apostles about the destruction of the Temple and, ultimately, the end of the world. The Temple was destroyed...
Readings: 2 Mac 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thes 2:16-3:5; Lk 20:27-38 In the second reading today, St. Paul prays that the Lord would direct our hearts to the love of God and to the endurance...
Readings: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14 In the first reading today, we hear about our Lord’s disposition toward the weak, the oppressed, the orphan, and the widow. He hears their...
Readings: Wis 11:22-12:2; 2 Thes 1:11-2:2; Lk 19:1-10 In the Gospel reading today we hear about Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector who wanted to see Jesus. The problem the man had in trying to...
Readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Tim 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19 In the Gospel reading today, our Lord tells the Samaritan leper who returned to thank our Lord for healing him of his leprosy, that his...
Readings: Ex 17:8-13; 2 Tim 3:14-4:2; Lk 18:1-8 In the readings today we hear about the necessity of perseverance. The Gospel tells us about the widow whose court case was resolved unjustly. She was...
Readings: Amos 6:1a, 4-7; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 In the first reading today the Lord God pronounces a woe on the people of Israel who have become complacent. Life became easy for them...
