THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings Malachi 3:19-20 Psalms 98:5-9 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19 As the Church’s liturgical year winds down the readings turn our attention to the “end times,” the time of our Lord’s second coming. In two week’s time the Church will begin the great season of Advent, and the themes of… Continue reading THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2025Sixth World Day of the Poor
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2025Sixth World Day of the Poor In our current difficult times, we are reminded by Scripture to have faith in God. We ask the Father for the grace to live that faith. That Catholic bishops will promote knowledge of saints whose lives are models of faithfulness to the… Continue reading 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2025Sixth World Day of the Poor
FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN ARCHBASILICA OF ST. JOHN IN ROME (2025)
Readings: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Psalms 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17 John 2:13-22 So why are we celebrating a Feast on a Sunday, and what is so important about the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran? In the year 313 the Roman emperor Constantine published the Edict of Milan, granting religious freedom to Christians. The days… Continue reading FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN ARCHBASILICA OF ST. JOHN IN ROME (2025)
COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (2025)
COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (2025) Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalms 23:1-6 Romans 5:5-11 John 6:37-40 I liked the ‘borrowed’ title above, “Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed,” for it better suits my understanding of what we are celebrating in general, and in particular, it is more akin to my theological understanding of the concept of purgatory. Yesterday the Church… Continue reading COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (2025)
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 Psalms 34:2-3, 17-19, 23 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 The Book of Sirach clearly shows the predisposition of God in both Old and New Testaments towards the weak, the oppressed, the poor, the orphan, the widow, and the lowly. The expression which closes our brief… Continue reading THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalms 121:1-8 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8 Like the Israelites in our first reading, and the widow in today’s Gospel, we face opposition and injustice—at times from godless and pitiless adversaries. We, too, must lift our eyes to the mountains—to Calvary and the God who will… Continue reading TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025 We offer our prayers to the Father that we may never tire of lifting our hearts and minds to God asking for mercy. That the participation of religious men and women in the Jubilee of Hope will encourage renewal and a deeper connection to faith, and may… Continue reading 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025
October 2, 2025 Commemoration of Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025 Commemoration of Yom Kippur Dear Friends, We have arrived at the month of October, a month that holds many memories for me - the birthday of my sister, the birthday of my youngest niece, the birthdays of dear friends (Jane, Frank, Shirley), and the anniversary of my oldest niece’s wedding, which, on… Continue reading October 2, 2025 Commemoration of Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025. Commemoration of Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025. Commemoration of Yom Kippur Dear Friends, We have arrived at the month of October, a month that holds many memories for me - the birthday of my sister, the birthday of my youngest niece, the birthdays of dear friends (Jane, Frank, Shirley), and the anniversary of my oldest niece’s bone marrow transplant,… Continue reading October 2, 2025. Commemoration of Yom Kippur
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 Our first reading is from the prophet Habakkuk, a prophet separated from the last two Sunday’s prophet Micah, by about one-hundred years. The Old Testament prophets are all an integral part of what it means to be… Continue reading TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
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