The Holy Family Sunday 2020

Sunday’s Readings: SIR 3:2-6, 12-14; COL 3:12-21; LK 2:22-40 Lecturas del Dia WE ARE GOD’S HOLY FAMILY The scriptures of Israel are filled with many stories of barren couples who were miraculously granted the gift of chil- dren by God. Surely the best known among these is the first reading from today, from which Luke…

IV Sunday of Advent 2020

Sunday’s Readings: 2 SM 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16; ROM 16:25-27; LK 1:26-38Lecturas del Dia THE ETERNAL GOD King David wished that the ark of God might have a more permanent home. David may have envisioned some- thing like the cedar palace where he resided. God had in mind something more: a throne where David’s descendants…

III Sunday of Advent 2020

Sunday’s Readings: IS 61:1-2A, 10-11, 1 THES 5:16-24, JN 1:6-8,19-28Lecturas del DIa JOHN THE BAPTIST At a school open house a woman could be overheard introducing her husband to some of the other parents. “Oh, Bill, I’d like you to meet Johnny’s father. And overhere, this is Marie’s mom; you know, the little girl from…

II Sunday of Advent/ I Domingo de Adviento 2020

Sundays Readings: IS 40:1-5, 9-11, 2 PT 3:8-14, MK 1:1-8 Lecturas del Dia GOD’S DELAY In times of great difficulties scoffers taunt us, “Where is God? Why hasn’t your Lord come to save you now?” And we of faith respond much in the same way as Peter did in today’s second reading: the “delay” of…

I Sunday of Advent 2020

Sunday’s Readings: IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64.2-7, 1 COR 1:3-9, MK 13:33-37Lecturas del Dia MARK’S JESUS Mark’s Gospel is the shortest and tersest of all four. The discourses of Jesus tend to be terser as well. Mark’s portrayal of Jesus has none of the poetry of the Sermon on the Mount or the Sermon on the…

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King Of the Universe 2020

Sunday’s Readings: EZ 34:11-12, 15-17, 1 COR 15:20-26,28, MT 25:31-46Lecturas del Dia THE SHEPHERD KING The job of shepherd and the job of king couldn’t be more different from each other. Shepherds are on the lowest rung of society, kings are at the top. But God says, through the prophet Ezekiel, that the Messiah will…

XXXIII Sunday Ordinary Time

Sundays Reading’s: PRV 31:10-13, 19-20,30-31, 1THES 5:1-6, MT 25:14-30Lecturas del Dia CHANGE OUR LIVES The letters of Paul to the Thessalonians are among his earliest writings, and are driven by his belief and the belief of the entire early Christian community that the return of Christ was imminent, and that devoting time or attention to…

XXXII Sunday Ordinary Time 2020

Sunday Readings: WIS 6:12-16, 1 THES 4:13-18 OR 4:13-14, MT 25:1-13Lecturas del Dia EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED If it ever crossed your mind that Jesus was somewhat lacking in a sense of humor, today’s Gospel should belie any such notion. Jesus’ story of the five wise and five foolish bridesmaids is downright hilarious. The circumstances ofthe…

XXXI Solemnity of All Saints 2020

Sunday’s Readings: RV 7:2-4,9-14, 1 JN 3:1-3, MT 5:1-12ALecturas del Dia OUR HOPE AND GOD’S PROMISE The Church uses these waning November days and darker skies as the season to remind us of the last things. Today’s feast, the Solemnity of All Saints, is the centerpiece of three days that point to doctrines we proclaim…

XXX Sunday Ordinary Time 2020

Sundays Readings: EX 22:20-26, 1 THES 1:5C-10, MT 22:34-40Lecturas del Dia LIVING JUSTLY “You give that back right now!” How many of us have heard that line, probably more than once, as we were growing up? We come home with the trophy of what we thought was a really sweet deal, only to have our…