1st Sunday of Lent, Year AFirst Reading: Gn 2:7-9, 16-18, 25; 3:1-7Second Reading: Rom 5:12-19Gospel Reading: Mt 4:1-11 This Sunday’s Readings show us how Satan works. God created Adam and … Continued
7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18Second Reading: 1 Cor 3:16-23Gospel Reading: Mt 5:38-48 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel,” God told … Continued
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Sir 15:15-20Second Reading: 1 Cor 2:6-10Gospel Reading: Mt 5:17-20 It is dangerous to teach that something is wrong, for always, someone takes … Continued
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Is 58:6-10Second Reading: 1 Cor 2:1-5Gospel Reading: Jn 8:12 “If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, … Continued
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Zep 2:3; 3:12-13Second Reading: 1 Cor 1:26-31Gospel Reading: Mt 5:1-12a God made us with a natural desire for happiness, which only he … Continued
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Is 9:1-4Second Reading: 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17-18Gospel Reading: Mt 4:12-23 “There will be no gloom for those who were in anguish,” Isaiah … Continued
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Is 49:3, 5-6Second Reading: 1 Cor 1:1-3Gospel Reading: Jn 1:29-34 God’s gift of baptism “exceeds all other gifts,” said Pope St. Leo … Continued
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was appointed prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope St. John Paul II in 1981, just months after I was ordained … Continued
Epiphany of the LordFirst Reading: Isa 60:1-6Second Reading: Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6Gospel Reading: Mt 2:1-12 “The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God, and Saviour … Continued
Christmas, Year AFirst Reading: midnight Is 9:2-4, 6-7; dawn Is 62:11-12; day Is 52:7-10Second Reading: midnight Ti 2:11-14; dawn Ti 3:4-7; day Heb 1:1-6Gospel Reading: midnight Lk 2:1-16; dawn Lk … Continued