Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – 02 October 2022 Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4. Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9. 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14. Luke 17:5-10. What About Seed and Service? Here are two puzzling teachings for today. One, of mulberry tree and mustard … Read More
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 31 July 2022 Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23. Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13. Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11. Luke 12:13-21. About Greed. Family quarrels, regrettably, are often about inheritance, about possessions. That should be mine, we may say. I … Read More
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 24 July 2022 Genesis 18:20-32. Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8. Colossians 2:12-14. Luke 11:1-13. About Praying. Abraham is persistent in his pleading with the Lord. And the Lord listens and relents. A disciple asks … Read More
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 17 July 2022 Genesis 18:1-10a. Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5. Colossians 1:24-28. Luke 10:38-42. About Worry and Anxiety. Jesus is invited to a home. Martha bustles about. Mary sits and listens. We do not know … Read More
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 10 July 2022 Deuteronomy 30:10-14. Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37. OR Psalm19:8, 9, 10, 11. Colossians 1:15-20. Luke 10:25-37. About Doing Likewise. Question 1: What must I do to inherit eternal life? … Read More
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 03 July 2022 Isaiah 66:10-14c. Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20. Galatians 6:14-18. Luke 10:1-12, 17-20. About Being Disciples. Jesus tells the chosen 72 where to go (ahead of him), what not to take … Read More
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, Solemnity – Wednesday, 29 June 2022 At the Vigil Mass: Acts 3:1-10. Psalm 19: 2-3, 4-5. Galatians 1:11-20. John 21:15-19. At Mass during the Day: Acts 12:1-11. Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. 2 Timothy 4:6-8, … Read More
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 26 June 2022 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21. Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11. Galatians 5:1, 13-18. Luke 9:51-62. About Our Journey. After his ministry in Galilee, Jesus sets his face for Jerusalem. Many disciples … Read More
Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Friday, 24 Jun 2022 Ezekiel 34:11-16. Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6. Romans 5:5b-11. Luke 15:3-7. About Sheep and Shepherd. This Sacred Heart is filled … Read More
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Solemnity – Transferred to Thursday, 23 June 2022 At the Vigil Mass: Jeremiah 1:4-10. Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17. 1 Peter 1:8-12. Luke 1:5-17. At Mass During the Day: Isaiah 49:1-6. Psalm … Read More