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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

2 Kings 4:8 – 11, 14 – 16a

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

This Sunday, we will hear one of Elisha’s miraculous pronouncements, one of a series of miracles performed at his hand. It prepares us for the Gospel. We haven’t read from 2 Kings for a long time, so let’s place it in context. Recall […]

sksparish.org2020-06-25T15:07:56-04:00June 25th, 2020|

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

Matthew 10:26 – 33

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

We return to Ordinary Time, picking up where we left off before Lent and Easter. Remember, the Gospel of Matthew is the featured gospel this year – Year A. Ordinarily, we begin with the first reading. This week, however, I would like to begin with the Gospel, […]

sksparish.org2020-06-18T16:52:27-04:00June 18th, 2020|

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

Today’s solemnity – those of us who are my age and older recall it as Corpus Christi – has its origin in the Middle Ages as an expression of the faithful’s devotion to the Blessed Sacrament during a time when very few felt worthy to receive our Lord in Holy […]

sksparish.org2020-06-12T19:22:45-04:00June 12th, 2020|

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

Exodus 34:4b – 6, 8 – 9

Throughout Salvation History, we read in Sacred Scriptures that God revealed himself to us at various times. In Gn. 3:8ff, we hear God walk in the Garden of Eden and have a personal conversation with Adam and Eve. After he expelled them from his […]

sksparish.org2020-06-05T15:16:46-04:00June 5th, 2020|

PENTECOST SUNDAY (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary of Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings provide us.

On Pentecost Sunday, you will see that different readings are prescribed for the Vigil Mass than for the Mass on Sunday. I will reflect on the readings for the Sunday Masses only.

John 20:19-23

On the Second Sunday of Easter, the Gospel reading is the same in all three years of the Liturgical […]

sksparish.org2020-05-29T17:58:47-04:00May 29th, 2020|

Pentecost Recordings from SKS Choirs

Please enjoy a special Easter gift from both the Adult and Teen Choirs to our community for Pentecost!

sksparish.org2020-05-29T15:01:15-04:00May 29th, 2020|

SKS Plans to Reopen June 6

I’m sure you have all heard the wonderful news! Archbishop Pérez has announced that parishes of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will be able to resume public Masses next weekend – that is 6 – 7 June – if the state government moves our region into the Yellow Phase, as is expected, on 5 June. I look forward to welcoming you back! In the midst of the wind and waves of this coronavirus pandemic, let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus as we make our way back to celebration of […]

sksparish.org2020-05-29T16:38:57-04:00May 29th, 2020|

STATEMENT FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE REGARDING THE PROJECTED RESUMPTION OF THE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF MASS IN THE FIVE-COUNTY REGION

22 May 2020 Update:

In mid-March, the celebration of public Mass was suspended in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the obligation for the faithful to attend Mass was dispensed. Those decisions were not made lightly and were always intended to be temporary measures.

They were made out of necessity for the common good and in recognition of the fact that all of us share a responsibility for the preservation of public health, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. During this unprecedented time, the Archdiocese has made every effort to provide […]

sksparish.org2020-05-23T08:32:14-04:00May 23rd, 2020|

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Year A)

John 17:1 – 11a

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

This Sunday, we hear a continuation from last week of Jesus’ address to the apostles as presented in John’s Gospel. As you will see in your footnotes, most scholars consider the section of 13:31 – 17:26 to be Johannine compositions, modeled on farewell discoursed found in contemporary […]

sksparish.org2020-05-23T08:25:29-04:00May 23rd, 2020|

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Year A)

John 14:15 – 21

Welcome to my annotated commentary of Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings provide us.

This Sunday, we hear a continuation from last week of Jesus’ address to the apostles at the Last Supper as presented in John’s Gospel. As you will remember from last week, most scholars consider the section of 13:31 – 17:26 to be Johannine compositions, modeled on farewell discoursed […]

sksparish.org2020-05-18T07:34:25-04:00May 15th, 2020|

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