September 24: Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 55:6-9; Psalm: 145; 2. Philippians 1:20-24,27; Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16. Something…
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Bear witness to the presence of the heavenly kingdom
July 3: Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm: 66; 2. Galatians 6:14-18; Gospel: Luke 10:1-12,17-20. There…
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Communion of believers
January 16: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm: 96; 2. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Gospel: John 2:1-11. After a series of Sunday feasts, we now return to a more ordinary sequence of…
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A distinctive focus
January 9: Baptism of the Lord. Readings: 1. Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Psalm: 29; 2. Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22. For this Sunday and its feast, the biblical texts have a really distinctive focus. And that helps…
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The essence of celebration
January 2: Epiphany. Readings: 1. Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm: 72; 2. Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6; Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12. This feast’s word of the day is “epiphany”, a word that comes from the ancient Greek language. It…
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