Seventeenth Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 112 – 114 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 First Reading: this incident in the Old Testament foreshadows the miracle of the Feeding of the Five Thousand, and even more significantly it is one of the many passages in the Old Testament which foreshadows the Eucharist. Psalm: in…
Sixteenth Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 109 – 111 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 First Reading: Jeremiah’s prophecy of good shepherds and a wise king came true, Christians would say, in the coming of Jesus Christ. Psalm: perhaps the most well-known of the psalms is a song of confidence in the Good Shepherd, who…
Fifteenth Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 106 – 108 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 First Reading: despite not being a member of the order of prophets and being merely a shepherd and sycamore tree cultivator, Amos is nonetheless called by God to prophesy. Psalm: in his mercy God has forgiven us before; now we…
Fourteenth Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 103 – 106 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 ****************************************** First Reading: this is but one example of how throughout Old Testament times the people of God rejected theprophets he sent. Psalm: let us sing or say this psalm in acknowledgement that we have at times rejected God and…
Thirteenth Sunday (B) Mass Readings: 100 – 103 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 ****************************************** If we accept, as we should do, the call by Jesus Christ to each and everyone of us to take up the cross and follow him, what does this mean to you? Following Christ is for each of us…
Nativity of St John the Baptist Mass Readings: 167 – 169 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 John the Baptist was a revered figure in the early Church. In the Middle Ages, hundreds of religious groups and Churches were placed under his patronage. Many followers of the Lord had originally been disciples of the…
Eleventh Sunday Mass Readings: 95 – 97 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 God is the first to know that it is not easy for human beings to take up the cross and follow Jesus Christ. That is why God sent his Son and commissioned him to preach and teach and above all…
The Tenth Sunday Mass Readings: 92 – 95 Order of Mass: Pages 7 – 47 There is so much loneliness about, in and among people today. This is particularly so in urban inner city areas. Many go home from work to an empty bedsit or a small flat; many cannot even go out to work…
