Readings: Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23; Co 3:1-5, 9-11; Lk 12:13-21 Vanity of Vanities, all things are vanity! What a great line and what profound insight Solomon shows in writing these words. Most everything that the...
Readings: Gn 18:20-32; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 In the Gospel readings today our Lord tells we are to ask and we will receive, seek and we will find, knock and the door will be...
Readings: Gn 18:1-10a; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 Today’s Gospel reading about Martha and Mary has been one of the most misinterpreted and, therefore, misused of all of the passages in the Gospels. It has...
Readings: Dt 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 In the Gospel reading today a scholar in the Law comes to Jesus and asks what he must do to inherit eternal life. Our Lord answers by...
Readings: Is 66:10c-14; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 In the Gospel reading today we hear about the seventy-two men the Lord had sent out ahead of Him. He had given them authority to heal...
Readings: 1Kgs 19:6b, 19-21; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62 In the second reading today St. Paul reminds us that we are called to freedom. We have to make a few distinctions here because of...
Readings: Zec 12:10-11, 13:1; Gal :26-29; Lk 9:18-24 In the second reading today St. Paul speaks to us of our great dignity. This dignity is presented in two ways, both regarding the person of...
Readings: 2Sam 12:7-10, 13; Gal 2:16, 19-21; Lk 7:36-8:3 In the second reading today St. Paul says we know that we are not justified by works of the Law, but by faith in Jesus...
Readings: 1Ki 17:17-24; Gal 1:11-14a, 15a,c, 16a, 17, 19; Lk 7:11-17 In the first reading today we hear about the death of the son of a widow with whom the Prophet Elijah stayed when...
Readings: Gen 14:18-20; 1Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11b-17 In the first reading today we hear about Melchizedek who is the Priest of God Most High and the King of Salem. The town of Salem became...
