Our first reading this weekend is again taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. In the portion we hear, Paul is considering Israel’s failure to accept Christ from the standpoint of God: it does not mean that God’s promises … Continue reading
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This weekend our readings are taken from Paul’s letter to the Romans and Matthew’s Gospel. Paul states at the end of Chapter 6, “the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Think about this! God became … Continue reading
Our readings this weekend are again taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans and St. Matthew’s Gospel. In Romans we hear these words of Paul: “Through him [Jesus] we have gained access by faith to the grace in which … Continue reading
On this second weekend after Pentecost, our readings are taken from Paul’s Letter to the Romans and Matthew’s Gospel. With Pentecost the Church ends taking our readings from the Acts of the Apostles and John’s Gospel. Christians in Rome were … Continue reading
On this weekend of ALL SAINTS, our readings are taken from Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews and Matthew’s Gospel. The opening sentence of the eleventh chapter of Paul’s letter states this: “Faith is confident assurance concerning what we hope for … Continue reading
Our readings for this great feast of Pentecost are again taken from the Acts of the Apostles and from John’s Gospel. The reading from Acts recounts the actual occasion of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and … Continue reading
Our readings for this great feast of Pentecost are again taken from the Acts of the Apostles and from John’s Gospel. The reading from Acts recounts the actual occasion of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and … Continue reading
It seems that on this weekend that intervenes between the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and the feast of Pentecost, both readings seem deal with the completion of the work of God: Acts recounts the words of Paul … Continue reading
This is the second to the last weekend before the end of the Paschal Season. On Thursday of this coming week, May 25th, we will celebrate the feast of the Ascension of our Lord – which marks the 40th day … Continue reading
This fourth Paschal week begins with two rather disparate readings. I found it very difficult to come up with a common message that unites both of the readings. I finally settled on using the message of the Gospel reading, which … Continue reading