FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT, YR B Gen 9:8-15; Ps 25 1Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 BECOMING A BETTER PERSON IN THE DESERT OF LENT After the baptism of Jesus, he was driven into the...
LENT: IN IMITATION OF JESUS It is a period of preparation for Easter. This period takes forty days of prayer, fasting and penitence. This is a very important season...
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR B Lev. 13:1-2;44-46; Ps 32 1 Cor. 10:31-11:1 Mk 1:40-45 HE TOUCHES OUR LEPROSY We continue to read Mark’s reports about the miracles of...
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YR B Job 7:1-4,6-7; Ps 147 1Cor. 9:16-19;,22-23; Mk 1:20-39 JESUS HEALS US Today the fifth Sunday in ordinary time, we continue our reading...
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR B Deut 18:15-20; Ps 95 1Cor. 7:32-35; Mk1:21-28 JESUS, THE MAN OF ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY After proclaiming the Good News and calling four...
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR B Jonah 3:1-5,10; P 25 1Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL When people get accustomed to hearing the same thing...
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR B 1 Sam. 3:3b-10,19; Ps 40 1Cor. 6:13c-15a,17-20; John 1:35-42 UNLOCKING THE CODE FOR INVITATION John the Baptist was with two of his...
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD, YR B Is 55:1-11; Is 12 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11 THE HEAVENS WERE TORN OPEN Today’s feast is a “bridge feast” because it brings the Christmas...
John the Baptist is the only saint, apart from the Lord Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose birth and death are celebrated on the church’s’ calendar. The accounts...
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph. 3:2-3,5-6; Mtt 2:1-12 WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP We celebrate today the Epiphany of the Lord. The word ‘epiphany’ means...
HOLY FAMILY Gen. 15:1-6,21:1-3; Ps 104 Heb. 11:8,11-12,17-19: Lk 2:22-40 THE HOLY FAMILY, A MODEL FOR OUR FAMILIES As we celebrate Christmas, we take time to contemplate...
CHRISTMAS DAY, YR B Is 52:7-10; Ps 98 Heb. 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 A GAZE INTO THE MANGER The gospel according to John is what we have for the Christmas Day Mass. It is very...