Mary, Mother of God Scripture Readings We begin the Year of Our Lord 2025 with a meditation on the single greatest miracle of all: the Incarnation of the Eternal Word of God. In my homily… Read more: The Messiest Miracle
First Sunday of Advent Scripture Readings Like it or not, we’ve entered into the season of new beginnings. Since most of our mythology arose among the peoples of the northern hemisphere, our mythemes—those fragments of… Read more: Stand before the Son of Man
Twenty-Fourth Sunday Scripture Readings In today’s gospel reading, Jesus teaches his disciples a valuable lesson and, in doing so, teaches us one as well. If we pay close attention to what’s being said in this… Read more: What Are Your Expectations?
Twenty-Third Sunday Scripture Readings I had a thought as I read over today’s gospel where Jesus opens the ears of a deaf man and frees his tongue from a speech impediment. In what ways are… Read more: What Are We Missing?
Twenty-Second Sunday Scripture Readings I’ll bet you never realized that fences are a sign of fear. I’m talking about all kinds of fences, including stockades, ramparts, and big, beautiful walls. Put together they make up… Read more: Escaping Fortresses of Fear
Twentieth Sunday Scripture Readings When meditating on the gospels that form the bedrock of our understanding of God and the universe, I think it’s important that we dig deeply into the gospel texts. Only in… Read more: Transforming the Flesh
“But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
Palm Sunday Scripture Readings God and humankind seem always to be at cross-purposes. God is forever reaching out to show himself to us, to tell us about himself, and to lift us up out of… Read more: What Are You Looking For?
“They have no wine.”
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
“They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother.”
“The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
“John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
“John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
“Jesus answered, ‘You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world to testify to the truth.'”
“And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory.”
“For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had.”
“Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is Lord alone.”
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.”
“Jesus said to him in reply, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man replied to him, ‘Master, I want to see.’”
“For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
“Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
“He embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.”
“Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.”
“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me.”
Twenty-Fourth Sunday Scripture Readings In today’s gospel reading, Jesus teaches his disciples a valuable lesson and, in doing so, teaches us one as well. If we pay close attention to what’s being said in this… Read more: What Are Your Expectations?
Twentieth Sunday Scripture Readings When meditating on the gospels that form the bedrock of our understanding of God and the universe, I think it’s important that we dig deeply into the gospel texts. Only in… Read more: Transforming the Flesh
“I am the living bread come down from heaven.”
“I am the bread of life.”
“They filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves.”
“He began to teach them many things.”
“Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two.”
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.”
“He took the child by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha koum,’ which means, ‘Little girl, I say to you, arise!’”
“Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”
“But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
“Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
“When Christ came as high priest … passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle … he entered once for all into the sanctuary …”
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
“Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained”
“So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.”
“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.”
“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in them will bear much fruit.”
“I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me …”
“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.”
“’Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
“For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.”
“He has been raised. He is not here.”
“It is finished.”
“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Palm Sunday Scripture Readings God and humankind seem always to be at cross-purposes. God is forever reaching out to show himself to us, to tell us about himself, and to lift us up out of… Read more: What Are You Looking For?