The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts / Solemnities The Easter season is over and we are now technically in Ordinary Time but first there are two important Feasts. The readings for Feasts always encompass an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and a Gospel reading. All three readings will relate to each other READ MORE
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The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time
The liturgical season of Ordinary Time gets its name of this season from the Latin Ordo – ordered, ordinal. It just means that these are numbered Sundays: first, second, third, etc. I think this word “ordinary” puts a bad rap on it; it makes it sound like there’s nothing special about counting time between Christmas READ MORE
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts / Solemnities The Easter season is over and we are now technically in Ordinary Time but first there are two important Feasts. The readings for Feasts always encompass an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and a Gospel reading. All three readings will relate to each other READ MORE
Solemnity of the Ascension
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings Today we celebrate the feast of the Ascension. Technically, Ascension happens 40 days after Easter which is always on a Thursday. But most dioceses in the US transfer the feast to Sunday. Ten days after Ascension is Pentecost – READ MORE
Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings We are headed into the final stretch of the Easter season. Next week is Ascension, then Pentecost which closes out the season and transitions us back into Ordinary Time. The readings of Easter have taken us on a progression:2nd READ MORE
Fifth Sunday of Easter
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings We continue the Easter season focus of the last 3 Sundays of Easter: putting faith into action. Themes for today include * Need to bridge tensions between conflicting views or groups within the church * Need to adapt apostolic READ MORE
Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Reading and Feast The first three Sundays of Easter are focused on resurrection appearances – a reminder that Christ is still with us! Today marks a shift into a different emphasis: our ongoing mission in the world. Today is commonly READ MORE
Third Sunday of Easter
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Reading and Feast Peter and Luke both evoke the theme of life as a journey. For the first three Sundays of Easter, the Gospel will focus on the resurrection and then the other three Sundays the Gospel speak to our READ MORE
Second Sunday of Easter
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season Click here for more information. Today’s Reading and Feast This is Divine Mercy Sunday and it concludes the Octave of Easter. This is based on the devotion to the Divine Mercy that St. Faustina Kowalska reported as part of her encounter with Jesus in 1937. The READ MORE
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter season
In 1969 the General Norms for the Liturgical Year was approved by Pope Paul VI which implemented the reforms of Vatican II. This is what those norms say about the Easter season: In summary, the whole 50 days of Easter is like one long Sunday when we sing Alleluia with all our heart. There are READ MORE