From our Pastor 29 | Saint Katharine of Siena, Wayne PA

UNDERSTANDING TRUE FREEDOM TODAY

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.” (Mt. 5:43-45)

As we celebrate Independence Day this weekend, we rejoice in the freedom God has provided us in this country as the result of a hard battle against […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-07-02T11:33:28-04:00July 4th, 2020|

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (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.

ZECHariah 9:9-10

We hear from the Book of the prophet Zechariah only twice in the entire three-year Sunday readings cycle: on the 12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time in year C and this Sunday, the 14^th Sunday in Ordinary Time in year A. So, let’s review who Zechariah is, when he […]

sksparish.org2020-07-02T20:19:06-04:00July 2nd, 2020|

GOING GREEN!

As you surely know, we joined with other counties in southeastern Pennsylvania on Friday in moving to the Green Phase. More businesses are allowed to open and more industries are allowed to resume operations as we slowly and carefully emerge from a near-total lockdown required to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The only difference for churches and other houses of worship, however, is that we are now allowed 75% occupancy rather than 50% occupancy, as was allowed during the Yellow Phase. Maintaining a 6’ distance between those of different households continues […]

sksparish.org2020-06-26T19:31:38-04:00June 26th, 2020|

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|

FATHER’S DAY

In June of every year, we honor our fathers. For many fathers, their special and demanding vocation has taken on added meaning as they have spent more time with their children over these past three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Fourth Commandment calls us to honor our father and our mother so allow me to offer some reflections on this important national holiday.

Mother’s Day was established by presidential proclamation in 1914, but a holiday honoring fathers did not become official until 1966. This doesn’t mean, however, that the […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-06-18T10:59:51-04:00June 20th, 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 BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

“Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread come down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world’” (Jn 6:51). Last week, we explored the central mystery of the Church – the Blessed Trinity. Today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (also known as Corpus Christi), I would like to explore with you another great and important mystery of our faith – the […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-06-12T10:47:07-04:00June 13th, 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|

TRINITY SUNDAY

“In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” This is how we Christians begin all our prayers because we believe in and worship a triune God. But, what do we actually mean when we say that God is a Trinity? As we celebrate Trinity Sunday, allow me to offer some reflections on this very important mystery of our faith.

First of all, it is important to realize we are dealing with a mystery, a reality that is well beyond our total understanding, just as […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-06-04T09:12:22-04:00June 6th, 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|

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