SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT, YR B Is 40:1-5,9-11; Ps 85 2Pt 3:8; Mk 1:1-8 AN INVITATION FROM THE DESERT The gospel for the second Sunday of Advent is from Mk 1:1-8. It...
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, YR B Is 63:16-17,19; 64:2-7; Ps 80 1Cor. 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 ADVENT: SHAKE OFF COMPLACENCY Advent begins a new liturgical year in the church. It...
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR A 1Kg 19:9a,11-13a: Ps 85; Rom 9:1-5: Matt. 14:22-33 JESUS HAS IT UNDER CONTROL After the feeding of the five thousand, he goes up...
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY, ORDINARY TIME YR A Is 55:1-3; Ps 145; Rom. 8:35,37-39; Matt. 14:13-21 JESUS RESPONDS TO OUR NEEDS The gospel today presents us with the story of...
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR A 1Kgs 3:5,7-12; Ps 119 Rom. 8:28-30; Matt. 13:44-52 EMBRACING THE KINGDOM OF GOD We are blessed with three parables that are...
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR A Wis 12:13,16-19; P 86 Rom 8:26-27; Mt. 13:24-43 DIVINE PATIENCE FOR GOODNESS Our gospel for this Sunday, we have been given a...
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR A Is 55:10-11; Ps 65 Rom. 8:18-23; Mtt. 13:1-23 YOU TOO CAN BECOME A GOOD SOIL Today’s gospel is a parable. The parable of a sower...
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zach. 9:9-10; Ps 144 Rom. 8:9,11-13; Mtt 11:25-30 COME TO ME Many of us have had an experience of being overwhelmed by life’s issues...
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR A 2 Kings 4:9-11,14-16; Ps 88: Rom. 6:3-4,8-11; Mtth 10:37-42 GOD STEPS IN The readings for this Sunday are beautiful. The first...
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YR A Jer. 20:10-13; Ps 69 Rom 5:12-15; Matt. 10:26-33 DO NOT BE AFRAID The command ‘do not be afraid’ is the most common command in the...
PENTECOST SUNDAY,YR A Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104 1Cor. 12:3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23 THE THREE GIFTS OF PENTECOST With the readings we have today, the first reading from Acts 2:1...
