Readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Rev 7:9, 14b-17; Jn 10:27-30 In the second reading, St. John sees a multitude gathered from every area of the world. He is told these are the people who have...
Readings: Act 5:27-32, 40b-41; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 In the Gospel reading today, Jesus asks Peter if he loves our Lord more than the others. Peter does not answer this directly; rather, he simply...
Readings: Acts 5:12-16; Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Jn 20:19-31 At the end of today’s Gospel reading, St. John tells us he wrote his Gospel so we would believe that Jesus is the Christ, the...
Readings: Lk 19:28-40; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; k 22:14-23:56 Palm Sunday is always wonderful for displaying human nature both in its excellence and in its brokenness. The brokenness is shown clearly and in so...
Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 In the Gospel reading today, St. John makes a humble confession of his own ignorance regarding the Resurrection. He tells us first that when he went...
Readings: Is 43:16-21; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 In the first reading the Lord does something very interesting. He begins by pointing out the events that occurred in the Exodus, specifically the events that took...
Readings: Josh 5:9a, 10-12; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 In the second reading today, St. Paul tells us we have become a new creation in Christ. He tells us the old things have...
Readings: Ex 17:3-7; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 In the Gospel reading today our Lord asks the Samaritan woman for a drink. Since Jews would never use the utensils of a Samaritan, the woman...
Readings: Gen 15:5-12, 17-18; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28b-36 In the second reading today, St. Paul tells us that our citizenship is in Heaven. That means that in the present we are living, in essence,...
Readings: Deut 26:4-19; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 In the Gospel reading today we are told that Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. We do...
