Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17Second Reading: 1 Pt 3:15-18Gospel Reading: Jn 14:15-21 This Sunday, just two weeks before Pentecost, we hear that Jesus promised his … Continued
Ascension Sunday, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 1:1-11Second Reading: Eph 1:17-23Gospel Reading: Mt 28:16-20 In “the paschal mystery,” the Catechism of the Catholic Church includes Christ’s “passion, crucifixion, death, burial, descent … Continued
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 6:1–7Second Reading: 1 Pt 2:4–9Gospel Reading: Jn 14:1–12 In his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (“God Is Love”), Pope Benedict XVI said … Continued
Second Sunday of Easter, Year BFirst Reading: Acts 4:32–35Second Reading: 1 Jn 5:1–6Gospel Reading: Jn 20:19–31 This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday. Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary defines “mercy” as “the … Continued
Easter Sunday, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 10:34a, 36-43Second Reading: Col 3:1-4Gospel Reading: Jn 20:1-18 This Sunday we celebrate Christ’s Resurrection—which makes Christianity different from any other religion. The Resurrection “is … Continued
The liturgy of Holy Week is often described as a single, continuous prayer—one that begins with the “Hosannas” of Palm Sunday and does not truly conclude until the “Alleluia” of … Continued
Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year AFirst reading: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6–7, 10–13Second reading: Eph 5:8–14Gospel reading: Jn 9:1–41 In this Sunday’s readings, Jesus gives sight to a man born blind … Continued
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year AFirst Reading: Gen 12:1-4Second Reading: 2 Tim 1:8b-10Gospel Reading: Mt 17:1-9By Rev. V.J. Hawkswell This Sunday’s First Reading describes how God called Abram. By this … Continued
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst reading: Sir 15:15–20Second reading: 1 Cor 2:6–10Gospel reading: Mt 5:17–20 Humans are created, not self-existent, so we have “insurmountable limits” that we “must … Continued
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: Is 58:6-10Second Reading: 1 Cor 2:1-5Gospel Reading: Jn 8:12 “You are the salt of the earth,” Jesus told his disciples, “but if … Continued