Comments on the Liturgical Readings

V Sunday in Lent B "20 Among those who had gone up to worship at the feast were also some Greeks. 21 These…

Readings: Deut. 18:15-20; 1 Cor. 7:32-35; Mk. 1:21-28 Loving God with an undivided heart The liturgy continues to…

IV Sunday in Lent B "14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted…

Readings: Gen. 3:1-5; 1 Cor. 7:29-31; Mk. 1:14-20 It is the Lord's time! Today's Word calls us to conversion and…

III Sunday in Lent B "13Meanwhile the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14He…

Readings: Gen 22:1-2.9.10-13.15-18; Rom 8:31-34; Mk 9:2-10 There is perhaps no stronger love than that of a father…

II Sunday in Lent B "2 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain…

I Sunday in Lent B “12Immediately afterwards the Spirit drove him into the desert 13and remained there forty…

Readings: Gen. 9:8-15; 1 Pet. 3:18-22; Mk. 1:12-15 The theme linking the Lenten readings of Year B is that of…

Readings: Lev 13:1-2,45-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45 Jesus touches the untouchables Legally, the leper was…