Third Sunday of Advent (A) Mass Readings: 88 – 90 Order of Mass: Pages 7- 60 First Reading: God is hope of his people who are crushed by misfortune. Second Reading: St. James urges us to be patient with one another and patient regarding the Lord’s final coming. Gospel: We see Jesus at work, and…
Second Sunday of Advent (A) Mass Readings: 85 – 88 Order of Mass: Pages 7- 60 We hear in Isaiah about the coming of the Messiah, and the kind of justice and peace he would bring. Isaiah foretells that even though the family tree of Jesse (David’s father) has been reduced to a mere…
First Sunday of Advent (A) Mass Readings: 82 – 84 Order of Mass: Pages 7- 60 The chief function of the season of Advent is to prepare us for Christmas. However, to understand Christmas we have to start at the beginning with the history of salvation. God’s plan of salvation is centred in Christ and…
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (C) Mass Readings: 167 – 169 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 David had already been anointed king of Judah by his own people at Hebron. In this reading we hear how the northern tribes also acknowledge him as their king. Thus David became king of a…
Thirty-Third Sunday (C) Mass Readings: 164 – 166 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 As the liturgical year draws to a close, the focus is on the end of the world and second coming of Christ. The prophet Malachi says that for evildoers the Day of the Lord will be a day of judgement,…
Thirty-Second Sunday (C) Mass Readings: 160 – 164 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 A feature of 2 Maccabees is its confident teaching on the afterlife. Our reading tells the story of the martyrdom of a mother and her seven sons. This is an example of the resistance of the Jews against their Syrian…
Thirty-First Sunday (C) Mass Readings: 157 – 160 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 The first reading of a longer section of Wisdom the theme which is God’s power and mercy. The world and all it contains is like a grain of sand compared with greatness of God. But God created mankind out of…
Thirtieth Sunday (C) Mass Readings: 155 – 157 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Today’s readings continue the theme of prayer. In a society where money brings power, and injustice can be soothed over by bribery, the poor man’s situation is pretty hopeless. Without money and influence, the poor cannot seek legal redress when…
