August 17th 2014 – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! A Foreigner’s Faith Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 Matthew 15:21-28 Most of us are the foreigners, the non-Israelites, about whom today’s First Reading prophesies. Coming to worship the God of Israel, we stand in the line of faith epitomized by the Canaanite woman in today’s Gospel. Calling to Jesus as Lord and Son of David, this foreigner shows her great faith in God’s covenant with Israel. Jesus tests her faith three times.
June 29th 2014 – Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul
Listen Here! The Apostles’ Church Readings: Acts 12:1–11 Psalm 34:2–9 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18 Matthew 16:13–19 This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Ex 3:8; 12:8, 11–12; 14:19)
June 29th 2014 – Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul
Listen Here! The Apostles’ Church Readings: Acts 12:1–11 Psalm 34:2–9 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18 Matthew 16:13–19 This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Ex 3:8; 12:8, 11–12; 14:19)
June 22nd 2014 – The Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Listen Here! Word of the ‘Living Father’ Readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58 The Eucharist is given to us as a challenge and a promise. That’s how Jesus presents it in today’s Gospel. He doesn’t make it easy for those who hear Him.
PREPARE THE WAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (see Lk 3:4) – One Bread, One Body, May 29, 2014
Acts 18:1-8 | Psalm 98:1-4 | John 16:16-20 “A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his whole household, put his faith in the Lord.” —Acts 18:8 Tomorrow begins the Pentecost Novena, nine days of intense prayer in preparation to receive the Holy Spirit in fullness at Pentecost. Today is the traditional feast of the Ascension of Jesus, Who left this earth in body and ascended to the right …