The Transfiguration of Jesus
Mark, Matthew, and Luke all have their version of the transfiguration of Jesus. Mark’s version is thought to be the oldest. The Gospel of Mark was composed about the year 70 A.D. Matthew and Luke wrote their documents about fifteen to twenty years later. Here we are concerned with MatthewR...Read full story »
Thursday, August 03, 2017
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A MATTHEW 13:44-52(1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Ps.119:57,72,76-77,127-128, 129-130; Rom. 8:28-30) The third gospel selection taken from Matthew 13, the Parable Chapter, adds three more parables to the collection the author gathered from oral and written tradit...Read full story »
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
More parables! More puzzles! Last Sunday’s gospel selection was taken from the opening of Matthew 13, the third of five great sermons Matthew constructed in his gospel from traditions about Jesus and to meet the needs of his Christian Community. Last Sunday’s parable: the Sower and the...Read full story »
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This gospel selection begins a series of three Sundays on the 13th chapter of Matthew. This chapter is the third of the five great sermons of Jesus which Matthew constructs from oral and written tradition for the catechetical needs of his Christian Community. Matthew begins, “On that da...Read full story »
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The gospel of this day is Jesus’ hymn of praise and thanksgiving to his heavenly Father for the gift of revelation. Many of the thoughts expressed in this hymn are similar to thoughts and expressions found in Old Testament Wisdom Literature and in various Old Testament Prophets. Matthew begin...Read full story »
Thursday, July 06, 2017
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s gospel selection is a continuation of last Sunday’s gospel – instructions for Christian missionaries in the eighties of the first century of Christianity. The author of the Gospel accord-ing to Matthew gradually moved his catechesis from specific instructions for missionar...Read full story »
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The context of this gospel selection is the second of five great sermons the author of Matthew’s gospel constructed from traditions about Jesus. This sermon is called “Missionary Instructions.” The headline: “The harvest is great, but the laborers are few. Pray, therefore, t...Read full story »
Thursday, June 22, 2017
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The gospel for the Feast of Corpus Christi is the heart of the Bread of Life Discourse in the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. In the skillful arrangement of catechesis in this chapter John begins with a miracle, the sign of Jesus feeding a multitude of five thousand with a few loaves of bread...Read full story »
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
For the existence of the Holy Trinity we must rely entirely on revelation in the New Testament and the oral tradition of the Church which was the foundation of the New Testament. Human reason or observance of nature does not reveal the Trinity. Some claim that the Holy Trinity is revealed in...Read full story »
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Pentecost Sunday
What is the meaning of the Greek word Pentecoste? It is the ordinal number ‘fiftieth.’ Greek-speaking Jews used this word for the fiftieth day after Passover. The Aramaic or Hebrew equivalent is Shavuoth, meaning ‘Weeks,’ or the Feast of Weeks. The name refers to the seven w...Read full story »
Thursday, June 01, 2017
