Fifth Sunday of Lent
JOHN 8:1-11 Luke furnishes most of the gospel readings of Cycle C, but on this Sunday the liturgy takes a detour into the Gospel of John. The liturgies of Lent often emphasize repentance and forgiveness. We experienced these themes last Sunday in the parable of the prodigal son. The Fifth Su...Read full story »
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Fourth Sunday of Lent
LUKE 15:1-3, 11-32 Chapter 15 of Luke is the "Lost and Found Department - a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost son. Our gospel reading gives the introduction to the three parables, skips over the lost sheep and the lost coin, moving on to the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The word "prodigal" is und...Read full story »
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Third Sunday of Lent
LUKE 13:1>9 The gospel reading begins with a report to Jesus about a gruesome event: "Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices." The temple of the Lord in Jerusalem was the only place Jews could offer sacrifice to God. Galilee was in northern...Read full story »
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Second Sunday of Lent
Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36 Through the gospel of Jesus’ desert experience — fasting and temptation — the liturgy of the First Sunday of Lent invited Christians to undertake their own desert experience, a time of purification. To accept the invitation to a desert experience, Chris...Read full story »
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 5:1-11 After the violent rejection of Jesus by his fellow citizens at Nazareth, he moved north to Capernaum on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee. In this city, at the home of Andrew and Simon Peter, Jesus made his headquarters for his ministry in Galilee. His preaching, teaching and healing a...Read full story »
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
LUKE 4:21-30 Last week's gospel narrated the visit of Jesus to the synagogue at Nazareth, Galilee, his hometown. Today's gospel opens with the closing words of last week's gospel, when Jesus said, 'Today this gospel has been fulfilled in your hearing." What gospel? "Gospel" must here be translated...Read full story »
Monday, January 28, 2013
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21 This gospel consists of two parts: Luke’s preface or introduction to his gospel and Jesus first visit to his home at Nazareth after acquiring fame. First, the introduction. There are important elements to be noted. Luke points out that there were many who ha...Read full story »
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 2:1-11 The wedding at Cana in Galilee, a small town north of Nazareth., begins the public life of Jesus in John's gospel. The episode occurs only in John's gospel. John notes, 'The mother of Jesus was there." John never mentions her name. She is present at the beginning and end of Jesus...Read full story »
Monday, January 14, 2013
The Baptism of Jesus
LUKE 3:15-16. 21-22 Although the Letters of Paul say much about baptism, they never mention the baptism administered by John nor the baptism Jesus received from the Baptizer. The Acts of Apostles, written by Luke, and claiming to report some of the history of the early Christian communi...Read full story »
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH, CYCLE C
LUKE 2:41-52 The final episode in Luke's Infancy Gospel (chapters 1 & 2) is the story of the Holy Family's visit to Jemsalem when Jesus was twelve. Luke begins, "Each year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover." It is important to Luke to depict the Holy Family as devout Je...Read full story »
Thursday, December 27, 2012
