4th Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year A)

April 4, 2011
Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13  Psalm 23:1-6  Ephesians 5:8-14  John 9:1-41 Chants Christ Healing The Blind, El Greco, 1575 Scott Hahn with David Scott God’s ways of seeing are not our ways, we hear in today’s First Reading. Jesus illustrates this in the Gospel—as the blind man comes to see and the Pharisees are made blind. The blind man…

3rd Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year A)

April 3, 2011
Readings: Genesis 12:1-4  Psalm 33:4-5,18-20, 22  2 Timothy 1:8-10  Matthew 17:1-9 Chants Jesus and The Woman at The Well Church of St. Mary, Ethiopa, 13th C. Scott Hahn with David Scott The Israelites’ hearts were hardened by their hardships in the desert. Though they saw His mighty deeds, in their thirst they grumble and put God to the test in…

2nd Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year A)

April 2, 2011
Readings: Genesis 12:1-4  Psalm 33:4-5,18-20, 22 2 Timothy 1:8-10  Matthew 17:1-9 Chants Transfiguration, Lorenzo Lotto, 1512 Scott Hahn with David Scott Today’s Gospel portrays Jesus as a new and greater Moses. Moses also took three companions up a mountain and on the seventh day was overshadowed by the shining cloud of God’s presence. He too spoke with God and his…

1st Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year A)

April 1, 2011
Readings: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7  Psalm 51:3-6; 12-14,17  Romans 5:12-19  Matthew 4:1-11  Chants The Fall, Hugo Van Der Goes, 1468 Scott Hahn with David Scott In today’s Liturgy, the destiny of the human race is told as the tale of two “types” of men—the first man, Adam, and the new Adam, Jesus (see 1 Corinthians 15:21-22; 45-59). Paul’s argument in the…

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Liturgical Year A &C)

January 10, 2011
Readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Psalm 29:1-4, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38 Matthew 3:13-17 Chants Scott Hahn with David Scott Jesus presents himself for John’s baptism in today’s Gospel, not because He is a sinner, but to fulfill the word of God proclaimed by His prophets. He must be baptized to reveal that He is theChrist (“anointed one”)—the Spirit-endowed Servant promised by Isaiah in today’s…

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Liturgical Year B)

January 10, 2011
Readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Psalm 29:1-4, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38 Mark 1:7–11  Chants Baptism of Christ, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655 Newborn King The Liturgy last week revealed the mystery of God’s plan—that in Jesus all peoples, symbolized by the Magi, have been made “co-heirs” to the blessings promised Israel. This week, we’re shown how we claim our inheritance. Jesus doesn’t submit…

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

January 6, 2011
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:-12,7-8, 10-13 Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Chants Scott Hahn with David Scott An “epiphany” is an appearance. In today’s readings, with their rising stars, splendorous lights and mysteries revealed, the face of the child born on Christmas day appears. Herod, in today’s Gospel, asks the chief priests and scribes where the Messiah is to be born.…

Feast of the Holy Family (Year C)

December 27, 2010
Readings  Sirach 3:2-6,12-14  Psalm 128:1-5  Colossians 3:12-21  Luke 2:41-52  Chants The Holy Family, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1659 Our True Home Why did Jesus choose to become a baby born of a mother and father and to spend all but His last years living in an ordinary human family? In part, to reveal God’s plan to make all people live as…

Feast of the Holy Family (Liturgical Year B)

December 27, 2010
Readings: Sirach 3:2-6,12-14  Psalm 128:1-5  Colossians 3:12-21 Luke 2:22-40  Chants The Flight into Egypt, Unknown Master, ca. 1515 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) Our True Home Why did Jesus choose to become a baby born of a mother and father and to spend all but His last years living in an ordinary human family? In part, to reveal God’s plan to make all…

Feast of the Holy Family (Liturgical Year A)

December 27, 2010
Readings: Sirach 3:2-6,12-14 Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Colossians 3:12-21  Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 Chants Scott Hahn with David Scott Underlying the wisdom offered in today’s Liturgy is the mystery of the family in God’s divine plan. The Lord has set father in honor over his children and mother in authority over her sons, we hear in today’s First Reading. As we…

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