Third Sunday of Easter (Liturgical Year A)

May 3, 2012
Readings: Acts 2:14,22-28  Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11  1 Peter 1:17-21  Luke 24:13-35 Chants The Meal in Emmaus, Jacopo Da Pontormo, 1530 Emmaus and Us We should put ourselves in the shoes of the disciples in today’s Gospel. Downcast and confused they’re making their way down the road, unable to understand all the things that have occurred. They know what they’ve…

Divine Mercy Sunday (Liturgical Year B)

May 2, 2012
Readings Acts 4:32-35  Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24  1 John 5:1-6  John 20:19-31  Chants The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Hendrick Terbrugghen, 1604 The Day the Lord Made Three times in today’s Psalm we cry out a victory shout: “His mercy endures forever.” Truly we’ve known the everlasting love of God, who has come to us as our Savior. By the blood…

Divine Mercy Sunday (Liturgical Year C)

May 2, 2012
Readings:  Acts 5:12-16  Psalm 118:2-4,13-15, 22-24  Revelation 1:9-13,17-19   John 20:19-31 Chants Doubting Thomas and Apostles Monastery of Santo Domingo, Silos (Northern Spain), C. 1150 Scott Hahn with David Scott The prophet Daniel in a vision saw “One like the Son of Man” receive everlasting kingship (see Daniel 7:9-14). John is taken to heaven in today’s Second Reading where He sees…

Divine Mercy Sunday (Liturgical Year A)

May 1, 2012
Readings: Acts 2:42-47  Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24  1 Peter 1:3-9  John 20:19-31 Chants Doubting Thomas, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1311 His Mercy Endures We are children of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead. Through this wondrous sign of His great mercy, the Father of Jesus has given us new birth, as we hear in today’s Epistle. Today’s First Reading sketches the “family…

Easter Sunday (Liturgical Years ABC)

May 1, 2012
Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43  Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23  Colossians 3:1-4  John 20:1-9 Chants The Resurrection, Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1491 They Saw and Believed Jesus is nowhere visible. Yet today’s Gospel tells us that Peter and John “saw and believed.” What did they see? Burial shrouds lying on the floor of an empty tomb. Maybe that convinced them that He hadn’t…

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (Liturgical Year B)

April 2, 2012
Readings Isaiah 50:4-7  Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24  Philippians 2:6-11  Mark 14:1-15:47  Chants The Taking of Christ, Caravaggio, 1602 Darkness at Noon Crowned with thorns, our Lord is lifted up on the cross, where He dies as “King of the Jews.” Notice how many times He is called “king” in today’s Gospel—mostly in scorn and mockery. As we hear the long…

5th Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year B)

April 2, 2012
Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34  Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15  Hebrews 5:7-9  John 12:20-33    Chants The Agony in the Garden, El Grego, 1590 The “Hour” Comes  Our readings today are filled with anticipation. The days are coming, Jeremiah prophesies in today’s First Reading. The hour has come, Jesus says in the Gospel. The new covenant that God promised to Jeremiah is made…

4th Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year B)

April 2, 2012
 Readings 2 Chronicles 36:14-17, 19-23 Psalm 137:1-6 Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21 Chants Visit of Nicodemus to Christ, John La Farge, 1880 Living in the Light The Sunday readings in Lent have been showing us the high points of salvation history—God’s covenant with creation in the time of Noah; His promises to Abraham; the law He gave to Israel at Sinai.…

3rd Sunday in Lent (Liturgical Year B)

March 11, 2012
Readings Exodus 20:1-17  Psalm 19:8-11  1 Corinthians 1:22-25  John 2:13-25  Chants Christ Cleansing the Temple, Bernardino Mei, 1655 (Getty Museum) Spiritual Sacrifices Jesus does not come to destroy the temple, but to fulfill it (see Matthew 5:17)—to reveal its true purpose in God’s saving plan. He is the Lord the prophets said would come—to purify the temple, banish the merchants,…

2nd Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year B)

March 11, 2012
Readings Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18  Psalm 116:10, 15-19  Romans 8:31-34  Mark 9:2-10 (see also “Binding Isaac, Crucifying Jesus”)  Chants Transfiguration, Byzantine, Nicaea or Nicomedia, late 1200s (Getty Museum) Raised to Serve The Lenten season continues with another story of testing. Last Sunday, we heard the trial of Jesus in the desert. In this week’s First Reading, we hear of how…

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