Pentecost Sunday, Year A First Reading: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20 or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 2:28-30; Acts 2:1-11 Second Reading: Rom 8:22-27; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Gospel Reading: … Continued
Ascension Sunday, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 1:1-11Second Reading: Eph 1:17-23Gospel Reading: Mt 28:16-20 We sometimes wish we could have lived in the time of Jesus, when we could actually see, … Continued
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A First Reading: Acts 6:1-7Second Reading: 1 Pt 2:4-9Gospel Reading: Jn 14:1-12 “It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in … Continued
Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 2:14a, 36b-41Second Reading: 1 Pt 2:20b-25Gospel Reading: Jn 10:1-10 This Sunday’s liturgy pictures Christ as our shepherd. “Give us new strength from … Continued
Third Sunday of Easter, Year A First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22b-28 Second Reading: 1 Pt 1:17-21 Gospel Reading: Lk 24:13-35 This Sunday’s Gospel Reading begins “with two people going the … Continued
Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17Second Reading: 1 Pt 3:15-18Gospel Reading: Jn 14:15-21 If God the almighty Father cares for all his creation, why do evil … Continued
Divine Mercy Sunday, Year AFirst Reading: Acts 2:42-47Second Reading: 1 Pt 1:3-9Gospel Reading: Jn 20:19-31 In 2000, the Vatican decreed that next Sunday be designated Divine Mercy Sunday, “a perennial … Continued
Easter Sunday, Year A First Reading: Acts 10:34a, 36-43 Second Reading: Col 3:1-4 Gospel reading: Jn 20:1-18 The Gospel readings for the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday relate the facts … Continued
Passion Sunday, Year A First Reading: Is 50:4-7 Second Reading: Phil 2:6-11 Gospel Reading: Mt 26:14 – 27:66 Next Sunday is called Palm Sunday, because the crowds welcomed Jesus into … Continued
5th Sunday of Lent, Year AFirst Reading: Ez 37:12-14Second Reading: Rom 8:8-11Gospel Reading: Jn 11:25, 26 This Sunday’s Readings are about rising from the dead. But they also apply to … Continued