Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Isaiah 66:18-21; Psalm 117:1, 2; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 The first reading is taken from the final chapter of that part of Isaiah called “Third Isaiah.” The time is in late sixth century, about 515 B.C. The major thrust of this p...Read full story »
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18; Hebrew 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53 The context of the first reading is from a section of the oracles and history of the prophet Jeremiah called “the Sufferings of Jeremiah.” The action in this reading is si...Read full story »
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13; Colossians 3:1-5,9-11; Luke 12:13-21 The Book of Ecclesiastes is a third century B.C. document attributed to King Solomon, who died in 922 B.C. Go figure! There was a custom of ancient times to att...Read full story »
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 Last Sunday’s first reading narrated the Lord’s visit to the encampment of Abraham and Sarah at Mamre in the Hebron area south of Jerusalem. That visit ended with...Read full story »
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 This first reading is a story of an appearance of the Lord to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre. A terebinth is probably a pistachio or other large nut tree. No doubt a beautiful tree...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Ps. 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 The title of the Book of Deuteronomy means “second law.” At times it is a revision of laws found earlier in the other books of the Torah (Pentateuch). I...Read full story »
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C Isaiah 66:10-14c; Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; Galatians 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 The first reading is from a part of the Book of Isaiah called Third- or Trito-Isaiah. This unknown prophet, whose oracles were added to the Isaiahan collection, came u...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
Thirteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C
1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 The Elijah cycle of stories, includes the selection and call of his successor Elisha. This is done at the command of the Lord God. The time of these two prophets is the ninth century B.C. The setting for...Read full story »
Thursday, June 27, 2019
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST, YEAR C
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST, YEAR C Genesis 14:18-20; Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11b-17 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ usually goes by the shorter Latin title, Corpus Christi, meaning “The Body of Christ.” Th...Read full story »
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, YEAR C
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, YEAR C Proverbs 8:22-31; Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 The first reading is an excerpt from the Book of Proverbs. This book is a collection of wise sayings, maxims, even collections of collections of proverbs. Much of the book is at...Read full story »
Thursday, June 13, 2019
