Twenty-seventh Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 137 – 140 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 ++++++++++++ First Reading: Israel is compared to a well cared-for vineyard which fails to produce fruit. Second Reading: St. Paul warns the converts at Philippi against anxiety, and advises them as to how they should live in order to enjoy…
Twenty-sixth Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 134 – 136 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: Each of us is responsible for his or her own conduct, and will be judged accordingly. Second Reading: Self seeking and rivalry have no place in the Christian community. We must imitate the humility of Christ. Gospel: Actions…
Twenty-fifth Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 131 – 134 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are God’s way above our ways. Second Reading: Writing from prison, Paul is thinking of his death, and longing for complete union with Christ. Gospel: This…
Twenty-fourth Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 128 – 131 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: In refusing to forgive those who have sinned against us, we exclude ourselves from receiving God’s forgiveness for our sins. Second Reading: The entire existence of a Christian is for Christ and for others. …
Twenty-third Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 125 – 128 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 In any group small and big things cause friction. We think our way is right. We can fight over who is right. Some things are worth a fight, others not. The car should always be parked ready to go. Someone…
Twenty-second Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 122 – 125 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Matthew’s Gospel continues with further parables for our pondering is the right word for the exercise as the complies of the Lectionary remind us by giving us the first reading from the first book of the Kings. It is Solomon’s…
Seventeenth Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 108 – 111 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 Matthew’s Gospel continues with further parables for our pondering is the right word for the exercise as the complies of the Lectionary remind us by giving us the first reading from the first book of the Kings. It is Solomon’s…
Sixteenth Sunday Mass Readings: Pages 105 – 108 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 The brief reading from St. Paul to the Romans is one to be cherished and given great attention. The need to pray and the difficulty in praying are recurrent aspects of the spiritual life. Those who seek to follow the…
