The Fourth Sunday of Advent (C) Mass Readings: 90 – 92 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 When Micah was writing Jerusalem was under siege and David’s dynasty was jeopardy. but he said that salvation would come from a comparatively insignificant place – Bethlehem. From there a new leader would come to gather together…
Third Sunday of Advent (C) Mass Readings: 87 – 89 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…
The Second Sunday of Advent (C) Mass Readings: 84 – 87 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 The prophet Baruch delivers a comforting message to Sion. Her sorrows are ended and her children will be restored to her from exile. God will level a high way to facilitate their return from exile which…
The First Sunday of Advent (C) Mass Readings: 82 – 84 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 60 Advent is a season of expectation. We are waiting and preparing for the coming of Our Lord, as if he had not already come to us nearly two thousand years ago. John the Baptist is our guide,…
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (B) Mass Readings: 160 – 162 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 This weekend—the last weekend of the Church’s liturgical year—we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. The preface of the Mass for the day says: As king he claims dominion over all creation that…
Thirty-third Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 157 – 160 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 This Sunday is the second to last Sunday of our liturgical year. As we approach the end of the Church year, our Gospel invites us to consider Jesus’ predictions and teaching about the end of the world. In the context…
Thirty-Second Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 154 – 157 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 In the Bible the widow is shown as needy and lowly. God loves the lowly as the ones who are most open to the call of faith. the faith that is ready to believe that through Christ there is real…
Thirty-First Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 152 – 154 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 As though to underline the position in God’s revelation to his people in both Old and New Testaments, at various points in the Church’s liturgical calendar we have a recurrence of readings referring to the two great commandments. There is…
