Homilies

Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent:Isaiah 7.10-14 Psalm 24.1-6 Romans 1.1-7 Matthew 1.18-24 I’ve always found St. Joseph a very compelling figure. This,…

Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday of Advent:Isaiah 35.1-6a, 10 Psalm 146.6c-10 James 5.7-10 Matthew 11.2-11 Last week I said that the key to finding…

Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent:Isaiah 11.1-10 Psalm 72.1-2,7-8, 12-13, 17 Romans 15.4-9 Matthew 3.1-12 The prophet Isaiah, in the passage we heard,…

Mass readings for the 1st Sunday in Advent:Isaiah 2.1-5 Psalm 122.1-2, 4-9 Romans 13.11-14 Matthew 24.37-44 Advent is a time to wake up, a time…

Mass readings for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe:2 Samuel 5.1-3 Psalm 122.1-5 Colossians 1.12-20 Luke 23.35-43 This past year…

Mass readings for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time:Malachi 4.1-2 Psalm 98.5-9 2 Thessalonians 3.7-12 Luke 21.5-19 Through the grim warnings of coming judgment, of…

Interior of St. John Lateran, Rome. Mass readings for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran:Ezekiel 47.1-2, 8-9, 12 Psalm…

Mass readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Sirach 35.15-17, 20-22 Psalm 34.1-2, 16-17, 18-22 2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18 Luke 6.12-19 Last week our readings…

Mass readings for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time:2 Kings 5.14-17 Psalm 98.1-4 2 Timothy 2.8-13 Luke 17.11-19 I’m sure I was not the only…