Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 16 August 2020 Isaiah 56:1, 6-7. Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8. Romans 11:13-15, 29-32. Matthew 15:21-28. Kyrie, Eleison. Isaiah reminds us today, in our time of trouble: Observe what is right, do what is … Read More
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity – Saturday, 15 August 2020 At the Vigil Mass on Friday 1 Chronicles 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2. Psalm 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14. 1 Corinthians 15:54b-57. Luke 11:27-28. Mass during the Day Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, … Read More
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 09 August 2020 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a. Psalm 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14. Romans 9:1-5. Matthew 14:22-33. Jesus Shows Us God. In his time of trail, Elijah is looking for the Lord to save him. … Read More
The Transfiguration of the Lord, Feast – Thursday, 06 August 2020 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14. Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9. 2 Peter 1:16-19. Matthew 17:1-9. Being Transformed. A truth of the Paschal Mystery (the dying and rising of Jesus the Christ) is … Read More
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 02 August 2020 Isaiah 55:1-3. Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18. Romans 8:35, 37-39. Matthew 14:13-21. Nothing Can Separate Us! The first reading speaks of comfort foods. The second declares nothing can separate us from the … Read More
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time—A Unlike human speech, God means what God says every time. In Hebrew, God’s word is dabar, a “word event.” God’s word happens and matters. More than that, in Christ, God’s Word becomes matter, a visible … Read More
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time—A “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened” (Mt 11:28). Maybe because it’s the Fourth of July weekend, I cannot help but hear within Jesus’s words still another invitation to the weary and … Read More
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time—A Airbnb has renewed my faith in the kindness of strangers. Through this service, where ordinary folks open their homes to travelers, I have received some of the most gracious welcomes far from home. One exemplary … Read More
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 21 June 2020 Jeremiah 20:10-13. Psalm 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35. Romans 5:12-15. Matthew 10:26-33. “Do Not Be Afraid.” Who would count every single hair on our heads? God, who knows us better than we … Read More
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) – 14 June 2020 Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a. Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17. Sequence – Lauda Sion / Laud, O Zion. John 6:51-58. Bread and Wine; Flesh … Read More