Readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; I Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48 In the first reading today, St. Peter addresses the Jewish audience in Jerusalem shortly after Pentecost and challenges them about the actions that were taken...
Readings: Acts 4:32-35; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 Today we celebrate the Octave Day of Easter, meaning the whole week between Easter Sunday and today is one celebration of the day of the resurrection...
Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 In the Gospel reading today, we hear about the Beloved Disciple of our Lord peering into the empty tomb of Jesus. The Apostles had been told...
Readings: Mk 11:1-10; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47 As we begin our annual procession through the Passion of our Lord, we must always keep before us that the One Who did not rebel...
Readings: Jer 31:31-34; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 In the first reading we have one of the most important passages in the entire Old Testament. God tells us through the Prophet Jeremiah that He will...
Readings: Ex 20:1-17; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 In the second reading today, St. Paul tells us that “Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified.” Neither of these...
Readings: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 In the second reading today, St. Paul extols the richness of God’s mercy, even to the point that when we were dead in our transgressions,...
Readings: Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 In the second reading today, St. Paul asks: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” This is absolutely true, but in...
Readings: Gen 9:8-15; 1 Pet 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 In the Gospel reading today, our Lord begins His public ministry by calling the people to repentance. While repentance is always necessary, Jesus stresses the fact...
Readings: Lev 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45 In the second reading today, St. Paul instructs us to be imitators of him as he is an imitator of Christ. One might naturally ask...
