Sunday XXV Year B – Called to be “delivered,” like Jesus
Readings: Wis 2:12.17-20; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mk 9:30-37
Today's Gospel presents us with the second (Mk 9:31-32) of the…
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Sunday XXIV Year B – Making oneself a servant like the Servant
Readings: Is 50:5-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35
The First Reading (Is 50:5-9) introduces us to the “man of sorrows…
Sunday XXIII Year B – Jesus Heals The Church, Deaf And Stuttering
Readings: Is 35:4-7; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37
Leaving Capernaum, Jesus secretly goes into pagan territory, perhaps to…
Sunday XXII Year B – The primacy of interiority
Readings: Deut. 4:1-2.6-8; Jas. 1:17-18.21-22.27; Mk. 7:1-8.14-15.21-23
Today's Gospel text is a multi-layered…
Sunday XXI Year B – Do you also want to leave?
Readings: Jas 24:1-2,15-17,18; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69
By one of those sublime combinations that the Liturgy…
Sunday XX Year B – The Eucharist Embeds Us In The Paschal Mystery Of Christ
Readings: Pro 9:1-6; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58
Everyone agrees that the first part of John chapter 6 can be read in…
Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings: Rev. 22:29; 23:1-6,10; 1 Cor. 15:20-27; Lk. 1:39-56
Mary, New Eve And New Israel, Figure Of The Church…
Sunday XIX Year B – Mormation, Lack Of Faith
Readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Eph 4:30-5:2; Jn 6:41-51
Murmuring (Jn 6:41,43,52) is a recurring sin in Exodus: it…
Sunday XVIII Year B – Jesus, The True Bread
Readings: Ex 16:2-4.12-15; Eph 4:17.20-24; Jn 6:24-35
To understand chapter 6 of John's Gospel, we must…
The Messianic Passover
Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15
The liturgy today interrupts the “lectio continua” of Mark's…