Readings: Hosea 6:3-6 Psalm 50:1,8,12-15 Romans 4:18-25 Matthew 9:9-13 Chants The Calling of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio, 1600 Sacrifice of Praise This Sunday’s Liturgy is a kind of identity check, reminding us of the virtues the Lord requires of His disciples - faith, hope and love. In the First Reading and Gospel, Israel’s rulers are indicted for failing to grasp the…

Readings: Deuteronomy 11:18,26-28  Psalm 31:2-4, 17, 25  Romans 3:21-25, 28  Matthew 7:21-27  Chants The Little Children Being Brought to Jesus, Rembrant, 1648 Scott Hahn with David Scott This Sunday’s Gospel takes us to the end of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Like Moses in this week’s First Reading, Jesus climbed a mountain to deliver the Word of God’s covenant to…

Readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16  Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20  1 Corinthians 10:16-17  John 6:51-58 Chants The Body of Christ with Two Angels, Allori Alessandro, 1600 Word of the 'Living Father' The Eucharist is given to us as a challenge and a promise. That's how Jesus presents it in today's Gospel. He doesn't make it easy for those who hear Him. They are…

Readings: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9  Daniel 3:52-56  2 Corinthians 13:11-13  John 3:16-18 Chants The Holy Trinity, Andrei Rublev, 1411 How God Loves We often begin Mass with the prayer from today's Epistle: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you." We praise the God who…

Readings: Isaiah 58:7-10 Psalm 112:4-91 Corinthians 2:1-5 Matthew 5:13-16 Chants Scott Hahn with David Scott Jesus came among us as light to scatter the darkness of a fallen world. As his disciples, we too are called to be “the light of the world,” he tells us in the Gospel this Sunday (see John 1:4–4, 9; 8:12; 9:5). All three images…

Readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13  Psalm 146:6-10 1  Corinthians 1:26-31  Matthew 5:1-12 Chants Appearance on the Mountain in Galilee, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311 Scott Hahn with David Scott In the readings since Christmas, Jesus has been revealed as the new royal son of David and Son of God. He is sent to lead a new exodus that brings Israel out of…

Readings: Isaiah 8:23-9:3  Psalm 27:1,4,13-14  1Corinthians 1:10-13,17  Matthew 4:12-23 Chants Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew,Lorenzo Veneziano, c. 1370 Scott Hahn with David Scott Today’s Liturgy gives us a lesson in ancient Israelite geography and history. Isaiah’s prophecy in today’s First Reading is quoted by Matthew in today’s Gospel. Both intend to recall the apparent fall of the everlasting…

Readings: Isaiah 49:3,5-6  Psalm 40:2,4,7-10  1 Corinthians 1:1-3  John 1:29-34 Chants John the Baptist in the Wilderness (detail), Heironymous Bosch (1450–1560) Scott Hahn with David Scott Jesus speaks through the prophet Isaiah in today’s First Reading. He tells us of the mission given to Him by the Father from the womb: “’You are My servant,’ He said to Me.” Servant…