August 24th 2014 – Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! ‘Oh, the Depths!’ Readings: Isaiah 22:15, 19-23 Psalm 138:1-3, 6, 8 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20 “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!” Paul exclaims in today’s Epistle. Today’s Psalm, too, takes up the triumphant note of joy and thanksgiving.
August 3rd 2014 – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! Food in Due Season Readings: Isaiah 55:1-3 Psalm 145:8-9, 15-18 Romans 8:35,37-39 Matthew 14:13-21 In Jesus and the Church, Isaiah’s promises in today’s First Reading are fulfilled.
July 6th 2014 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! A Yoke for the Childlike Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10 Psalm 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30 Jesus is portrayed in today’s Gospel as a new and greater Moses.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF – One Bread, One Body, Jun 26, 2014
2 Kings 24:8-17 | Psalm 79:1-5, 8-9 | Matthew 7:21-29 “He carried off all the treasures of the temple of the Lord and those of the palace.” —2 Kings 24:13 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem and destroyed it. He captured the Israelite leaders, carried off the treasures of the Temple, and exiled eighteen-thousand people. Is Satan doing something similar to the Church today
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)