Liturgical Bible Study – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Wis 6:12-16 Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire; Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed, for he shall find her sitting by his […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10 A great King am I, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations. And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen, if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Ex 22:20-26 Thus says the LORD: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will […]
November 21, 2010 – Solemnity of Christ the King
By naming Jesus “king”, we acknowledge him and his way of living as the wellspring of our goodness and salvation. We acknowledge our status as his “subjects,” called to relate to others as he did. We acknowledge our shared inheritance as the “holy ones” who receive life through him.
November 14, 2010 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
It is the age between our Lord’s first coming and His last. We live in the new world begun by His life, death, Resurrection and Ascension, by the sending of His Spirit upon the Church. But we await the day when He will come again in glory.