Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 20.7-9; Romans 12.1-2; Matthew 16.21-27 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. Peter took Jesus aside and began […]
September 3, 2023 – 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 22.19-23, Romans 11.33-36, Matthew 16.13-20 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples this. “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Then Jesus said, “But you,
Gospel Reflection for August 27, 2023 – 21st Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Readings: Isaiah 56.1, 6-7; Romans 11.13-15,29-32; Matthew 15.21-28 A woman came and knelt before Jesus. “Lord, help me.” she said. He said in reply, ”It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” But she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s
Gospel Reflection for August 20, 2023 – 20th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 12.13, 16-19; Romans 8.26-27; Matthew 13.24-43 The slaves asked, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?” “An enemy has done this,” the master replied. “Then do you want us to go and gather them?” “No,” the master answered, “ for in gathering
Gospel Reflection for July 23, 2023 – 16th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 55.10-11; Romans 8.18-23; Matthew 13.1-23 Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no
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Sunday Readings: 2 Kings 4.8-11,14-16 Romans 6.3-4,8-11 Matthew 10.37-42: Jesus said to the twelve, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a
Gospel Reflection for July 2, 2023 – 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 20.10-13; Romans 5.12-15; Matthew 10.26-33 “Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven” (Matthew 10.31-32). In Matthew 10.5-42, Jesus commissions twelve disciples to do what he had been doing—healing
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 25, 2023 – 12th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Exodus 19.2-6; Romans 5.6-11; Matthew 9.36-10.8 Jesus sent the twelve disciples out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come
Gospel Reflection for June 18, 2023 – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Ascension Readings: Acts 1.1-11; Ephesians 1.17-23; Matthew 28.16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Jesus came and said to them. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make
Gospel Reflection for May 21, 2023 – Ascension Read More »
Matthew 21.1-11; Isaiah 50.4-7; Philippians 2.6-11; Matthew 26.14—27.66 or 27.11-54 Officials and bystanders mocked Jesus. “He saved others, but he cannot save himself. So he is the king of Israel. Let’s see him come down from that cross, then we will believe in him. Even the insurgents crucified with him kept taunting him the same
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