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
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Palm Sunday
Moving from Lent into Holy Week Although we are still technically in the season of Lent, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion shifts us into the unique time of Holy Week. Holy Thursday is traditionally the Chrism Mass, held by the bishop to consecrate all the sacramental oils used in the coming year. Thursday evening READ MORE
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Season of Lent Lent is intended to be a joyful walk toward Easter, a progression of the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. The focus is on uncovering and rejecting everything that tarnishes or warps Christ’s image within us, all that keeps us from being closer to Christ. In this time, we READ MORE
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The Season of Lent Lent is intended to be a joyful walk toward Easter, a progression of the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. The focus is on uncovering and rejecting everything that tarnishes or warps Christ’s image within us, all that keeps us from being closer to Christ. In this time, we READ MORE
Third Sunday of Lent
The Season of Lent Lent is intended to be a joyful walk toward Easter, a progression of the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. The focus is on uncovering and rejecting everything that tarnishes or warps Christ’s image within us, all that keeps us from being closer to Christ. In this time, we READ MORE
Second Sunday of Lent
The Season of Lent Lent is intended to be a joyful walk toward Easter, a progression of the Church toward the summit of the liturgical year. The focus is on uncovering and rejecting everything that tarnishes or warps Christ’s image within us, all that keeps us from being closer to Christ. In this time, we READ MORE
First Sunday of Lent
The Season of Lent More information here Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Book background In this reading, we have a story that grapples with the origins of sin and death. The genre of this reading is “myth.” Myth can mean “a widely held but false belief or idea.” While this may be the current cultural use of READ MORE
Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time, The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation The title “Ordinary Time” is taken from the Latin ordinal, from which we get our word ordinary. It’s not that this season is bah ha humdrum. Rather, it is a season of counting time from week to week. During Ordinary Time this year, we will march through the READ MORE
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time More information can be found here. Sirach 15:15-20 Book background The reading today comes from a section on Free Will and Responsibility covering 15:11 – 16:23. Because we have free will, we can’t blame our sin on God. That’s Sirach’s message: our sin is our own. But READ MORE
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time More information can be found here. Isaiah 58:7-10 Book background The gospel reading this week will tell us to be salt for the world and to let our light shine before others. Because this is Ordinary Time, we interpret the Old Testament reading through the lens of READ MORE