Triumph of the Holy Cross

December 10, 2010
Readings: Numbers 21:4-9  Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38  Philippians 2:6-11  John 3:13-17 Chants Lift Him Up It's fitting that we celebrate the ancient Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at this point in our week-by-week journey through Scripture. Since Pentecost, the Sunday readings have been preparing us to recognize Jesus as the promised Messiah of Israel. As we'll see forcefully…

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

December 10, 2010
Readings Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14  Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9  2 Peter 1:16-19  Mark 9:2-10 Chants Majestic Voice High on the holy mountain in today’s Gospel, the true identity of Jesus is fully revealed in His transfiguration. Standing between Moses and the prophet Elijah, Jesus is the bridge that joins the Law of Moses to the prophets and psalms (see Luke 24:24-27).…

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

December 10, 2010
Readings: Acts 12:1–11 Psalm 34:2–9 Second Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18 Matthew 16:13–19 Chants The Apostles' Church This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel…

Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

December 10, 2010
Readings: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9,12  Psalm 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 1  Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17  John 2:13-22  Chants Body Building Why commemorate a church dedication that happened in fourth-century Rome? First, because St. John Lateran is no ordinary church—it’s the cathedral church of the Pope and still known as “the mother of all the world’s churches.” But more than that, because God has from all…

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

December 10, 2010
Readings Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10  Psalm 45:10-12, 16  1 Corinthians 15:20-26  Luke 1:39-56  Chants The New Woman The Liturgy for today’s solemnity forms a beautiful litany to the mystery of Mary’s role in salvation history. Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant, the new dwelling for God’s glory on earth (see Exodus 40:35; Luke 1:35). Her setting out for…

Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

December 10, 2010
Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalm 23:1-6 Romans 6:3-9 John 6:37-40 Chants Vision of the Throne of the Lord (The Paris Apocalypse), French Miniaturist, ca. 1400 All Souls When St. Paul talked about the resurrection of the dead with the philosophers at Athens, many laughed and mocked him (Acts 17:32). The Gospel, he would later write, is “foolishness” to the wise of…

Readings – 28th Sunday In Ordinary Time (Liturgical Year A)

December 10, 2010

Reading I Isaiah 25:6-10a On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever. The Lord GOD will…

4th Sunday in Advent (Liturgical Year B)

December 4, 2010
Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-11,16  Psalm 89:2-5,27,29  Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38  Chants Head of The Virgin for The Annunciation, Pierre-Paul Prud’Hon, 1811 The Mystery Kept Secret What is announced to Mary in this Sunday’s Gospel is the revelation of all that the prophets had spoken. It is, as Paul declares in the Epistle, the mystery kept secret since before the…

4th Sunday in Advent (Liturgical Year A)

December 4, 2010
Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14 Psalm 24:1-6 Romans 1:1-7  Matthew 1:18-24 Chants Scott Hahn with David Scott The mystery kept secret for long ages, promised through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, is today revealed (see Romans 16:25-26). This is the “Gospel of God” that Paul celebrates in today’s Epistle—the good news that “God is with us” in Jesus Christ. The sign…

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