19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Wis 18:6-9 Second Reading: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 Gospel Reading: Lk 12:32-48 “Faith,” the subject of this Sunday’s Readings, has two meanings. First, it means … Continued
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Ecc 1:2, 2:21-23 Second Reading: Col 3:1-5, 9-11 Gospel Reading: Lk 12:13-21 This world offers us no security. We will all die, and we … Continued
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Gen 18:20-21, 23-32 Second Reading: Col 2:6-14 Gospel Reading: Lk 11:1-13 Two of this Sunday’s readings are about petitionary prayer: asking … Continued
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Gn 18:1-10a Second Reading: Col 1:24-28 Gospel Reading: Lk 10:38-42 “Courtesy” means “graceful politeness,” like that of Abraham to the three … Continued
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year CFirst Reading: Dt 30:10-14 Second Reading: Col 1:15-20 Gospel Reading: Lk 10:25-37 St. Paul asserts that everything depends on Christ: he is not just one option … Continued
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Is 66:10-14 Second Reading: Gal 6:14-18 Gospel Reading: Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 Besides the Twelve Apostles, “the Lord appointed seventy others and … Continued
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year CFirst Reading: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21Second Reading: Gal 5:1, 13-18Gospel Reading: Lk 9:51-62 At first sight, this Sunday’s Second Reading seems self-contradictory. “For freedom … Continued
First Reading: Gn 14:18-20 Second Reading: 1 Cor 11:23-26 Gospel Reading: Lk 9:11b-17 This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Last Sunday, the Feast … Continued
Trinity Sunday, Year C First Reading: Prv 8:22-31 Second Reading: Rom 5:1-5 Gospel Reading: Jn 16:12-15 “There is only one true God, eternal, infinite, and unchangeable, incomprehensible, almighty, and ineffable, the Father and … Continued
Pentecost Sunday, Year C First Reading: Gn 11:1-9; Ex 19:3-8a,16-20b; Ez 37:1-14; Jl 3:1-5; Acts 2:1-11Second Reading: Rom 8:8-17; 22-27Gospel Reading: Jn 14:15-16,23b-26; 7:37-39 This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of … Continued