Readings: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 Today we celebrate one of those rare occasions when the regular Sunday Mass is replaced by a different feast. Even though the Transfiguration is, liturgically speaking,...
Readings: 1Kg 3:5, 7-12; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 In the Gospel reading today our Lord tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven is like something that is hidden: a treasure buried in a field,...
Readings: Wis 12:13, 16-19; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 In the first reading today the Wise Man finds himself in awe of God, not so much because of His almighty power, but because of His...
Readings: Is 55:10-11; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 In the first reading today God says through the Prophet Isaiah that His Word will come to earth and will not return to Him until it has...
Readings: Zec 9:9-10; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30 In the Gospel reading today Jesus praises His Father in Heaven because what He has hidden from the wise and the learned, He has revealed to...
2Ki 4:8-11, 14-16a; Rom 6:3-4, 8-12; Mt 10:37-42 In the readings today we hear about our own dignity as Christian persons and also about the way we, as Christian people, are to treat others....
Readings: Jer 20:10-13; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33 In the second reading today St. Paul teaches us that in the sin of Adam, all sinned. While Original Sin is not a personal sin of ours,...
Readings: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? And the bread that we break, is it...
Readings: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18 Today we celebrate the mystery that is central to what it means to be Christian: the Most Holy Trinity. One might reply that to be...
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 In the first reading today we hear about the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles as they were gathered in prayer. The event was marked...
