Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – April 18, 2010
The Third Sunday of the Easter Season
The Readings for this, the Third Sunday of the Easter Season, continue to tell us about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ but with emphasis on how this unique and miraculous event became the seed of faith necessary to convince many [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – April 11, 2010
The Second Sunday of the Easter Season
Sometimes our faith is lifted by certain events or liturgical celebrations and we get a spiritual rush or ‘high.’ Last week was certainly one of those times. If we have truly participated in the liturgies of the Easter Triduum we [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – March 7, 2010
The Third Sunday in Lent
Lent is a time to reassess our relationship with God in Jesus Christ. It is not a time for self-inflicted penance for the sake of self-punishment. That went out with the ‘dark ages.’ Our God is a God of love and forgiveness, [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – February 14, 2010
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time compare spiritual attitudes and relationships and the result of the positive versus the negative. Attitudes often reflect the success or failure of our relationships and end up affecting our whole being, both [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – January 31, 2010
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, have several themes, each of which could be the subject of this commentary, but the one that I see that stands out is the theme of “love conquers all.”
The First Reading [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – January 10, 2010
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Readings for Sunday, January 10th, are all connected, in some way with the Baptism of Jesus which we traditionally celebrate the Sunday after the Epiphany. Therefore, I would like to comment on the meaning of this great event [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – January 3, 2010
The Feast of the Epiphany
Sunday, January 3, the Church celebrates the Feast of Epiphany which represents the coming of God to earth in the form of Jesus Christ. In years past, this important feast was celebrated on January 6th regardless of what day of the week [...]
Commentary on the Readings for next Sunday – Dec. 27, 2009
The Feast of the Holy Family
The Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s Day is celebrated in honor of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. This is timely and appropriate because Christmas is, or should be, a family celebration. It began with the Virgin [...]
Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – Dec. 20, 2009
The Forth Sunday in Advent
Although we are getting very close to the great and awesome day of Christmas, the Readings for the 4th Sunday in Advent give us some of both the highs and the lows in the life of Jesus Christ which serve to remind [...]
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Commentary on the Readings for Sunday – June 13, 2010
The 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Sunday the Church returns to ‘Ordinary Time’ in the Liturgical Calendar thus concluding several weeks of highly charged Readings concerning the risen Christ, Pentecost, the Trinity and the Body and Blood of Christ, all of which demonstrate, in one [...]
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