For Wednesday of the Octave of Easter 28 Apr 2011 | 07:01 am

Luke 24:13-35 Emmaus may have been the home of Cleopas and his fellow disciple. At least it was their goal to spend the night in Emmaus after leaving Jerusalem. The Gospel testifies that as they drew...

For Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent 30 Mar 2011 | 10:02 am

Matthew 18:21-35 Although his apostle asked him today how often to forgive a brother, the Lord Jesus answered with a parable likening the Kingdom of heaven to a king settling accounts with his servan...

For Monday of the Eighth Ordinary Week of the Church Year 1 Mar 2011 | 09:54 am

Mark 10:17-27 Today’s Gospel tells us the Lord Jesus looked with love upon a man who had observed the commandments from his youth. The man had other lovable deeds. First, he RAN to meet the Lord. Sec...

For Tuesday of the Fourth Ordinary Week of the Church Year 2 Feb 2011 | 11:17 am

Mark 5:21-43 Despite the Lord’s strict orders that no one should know the Lord raised to life the dead daughter of Jairus, Jairus made sure everyone knew. All came to know it so well that the name of...

For the Third Ordinary Sunday of the Church Year 24 Jan 2011 | 08:59 am

Matthew 4:12-23 Isaiah 8:23 to 9:3 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17 Today’s Gospel shows us the beginning of the public life of the Lord Jesus in the fullness of his manhood. John the Baptist had been preach...

For Tuesday after Epiphany 5 Jan 2011 | 10:49 am

1 John 4:7-10 Mark 6:34-44 The root of the word “epiphany” shows up in the original language of the first reading today. In this way the love of God was REVEALED to us [“epiphanied” to us]: God sent ...

For the Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist 28 Dec 2010 | 08:59 am

1 John 1:1-4 John 20:1a,2-8 In pastures near Bethlehem, an angel told Judean shepherds they would find “in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord,” and that they would find him as “a babe...

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For December 23 in Advent 24 Dec 2010 | 12:24 pm

Malachi 3:1-4,23-24 Luke 1:57-66 Again in Advent, in today’s first reading, we hear the old prophecy of Malachi— Malachi the last of the prophets before John the Baptist. The name of Malachi means bo...

For Thursday of the Third Week of Advent 17 Dec 2010 | 11:00 am

Luke 7:24-30 For the last two Sundays, the last six weekdays, and today also, the Church ponders St. John the Baptist in the Gospel at Mass. Beginning tomorrow, December seventeenth, until Christmas ...