Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of this commentary is threefold: to give you
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the background for each reading;
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a better understanding of its message; and
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the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.
I hope you find it helpful!
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Year B)
Isaiah 40:1 – 5, 9 – 11 This Sunday, we will again hear from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. According to Leslie F. Hoppe, OFM, a contemporary scripture scholar, this book is, by any measure, among the greatest works of religious literature because it probes the mystery of a people’s life with God. All of the Bible does that for us if only we allow it to read us, but the Prophet Isaiah does it so well. The section we will hear is from the 40th chapter, so we [...]
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING THIRTY-FOURTH 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. I hope you find it helpful! Ezekiel 34:11 – 12, 15 - 17 This Sunday, as we celebrate the 34th and last Sunday in Ordinary Time with the celebration of the great feast that has the impressive name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, we [...]
THIRTY-THIRD 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. I hope you find it helpful! As you may have noticed, I usually begin our Bible Study/Faith Sharing with the first reading and then review the Gospel; if there is time, I then reflect on the second reading. I do this because the first reading is usually selected to [...]
THIRTY-SECOND 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. I hope you find it helpful! Wisdom 6:12 - 16 This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of Wisdom. Again, the passage was clearly chosen to prepare us for the Gospel. We need to seek wisdom in our lives in order to prepare for the time [...]
ALL SAINTS DAY – November 1, 2020
Revelation 7:2 - 4, 9 -14 This Sunday, we interrupt our ordinary celebration of Sundays of the Year because an important Solemnity happens to land on Sunday: All Saints. This feast gives us the opportunity to reflect on a very important aspect of our faith: our belief in God’s promise for everlasting life with him in heaven. Before we review the readings that are recommended for this Sunday, let’s review the development of belief in everlasting life in the history of our faith. As I have mentioned in the past, [...]
THIRTIETH 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. I hope you find it helpful! Exodus 22:20 - 26 This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of Exodus. Although it is just a small part of a long expansion of the Decalogue (cf. 20:1-17 and 21:1 – 23:33 and finally the mention of Moses writing down [...]