Read my reflection on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feast Days Read more here. The Feast of All Saints As early as the fourth century, saints were commemorated in the Eucharistic prayer. The Feast of All Saints can be traced back to at least the fifth century in the churches at Antioch and READ MORE
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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time More information can be found here. Isaiah 55:1-3 Book background These verses invite poor people to a joyful banquet. The only condition for inclusion is a thirst for God. Rabbinic commentators often used water as a metaphor for the Torah. READ MORE
The Baptism of the Lord
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Although not titled a Feast, today is, in fact, a feast day. It both closes the Christmas season and opens the season of Ordinary Time. It is very much a liturgical hinge and READ MORE
Feast of Pentecost – Mass During the Day
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Easter Season Click here for more information. Today’s Readings In the Old Testament, Leviticus 23 talks about the Festival of Shavuot (Festival of Weeks), which happens 50 days after Passover. Traditional Judaism marks this as the day when Moses was given READ MORE
The Resurrection of the Lord – The Mass of Easter Day
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. 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 fifty days of Easter is like one long Sunday READ MORE
Feast of the Holy Family
Read the reflection and poem on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation during Christmas The Feast of the Holy Family seems to want to present us with a picture of an idyllic family that has probably never existed in the history of mankind. The fact is, relationships can be messy, all the more so when READ MORE
34th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feast Days Read more here. What does it mean for Christ to be King of the Universe? What light does each of these readings shed on that? The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. More information about the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ King READ MORE
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time More information can be found here. Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Book background The book of Proverbs is wisdom literature. The goal of wisdom in this genre is to live the good life here and now, marked by length of days, prestige and prosperity. Jewish tradition attributes the READ MORE
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
Read my reflection on Substack. The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time More information can be found here. Wisdom 6:12-16 Book background 6:1-21 is an exhortation to seek wisdom, and vb12-16 within that are a statement on the accessibility of wisdom. We are urged to seek what can be found! This passage gives us READ MORE
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time More information can be found here. Malachi 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10 The Babylonian exile occurred at the end of the 600s BC. About 50 years later, the exiles were allowed to begin returning home. Almost immediately the Temple was rebuilt, but there was an overall and gradual decline in READ MORE