Today’s Readings
Reading I: 1 Corinthians 2:10b-16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145
Gospel Reading: Luke 4:31-37
Paul has been accused of being “weak” in discourse and for this reason has himself contributed to the divisions in the Corinthian community. In …
The following article illustrates how the help apparatus of the New American Bible helps in understanding 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. The reader will however have to invest some time to reading the text with the use …
Today’s Readings
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119
Gospel Reading: Luke 4:16-30
Lectio Cursiva
Today we begin reading the Gospel of Luke for the daily lectio cursiva with the episode of Jesus’ rejection at Nazareth. After his …
Reading I: Ezekiel 16:1-15,63 or Ezekiel 16:59-63
Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3,4bcd, 5-6
Gospel Reading: Matthew 19:3-12
The question about divorce is relevant. People tend to have vague notions about marriage, love, commitment and family, that …
Reading I: Ezekiel 12:1-12
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 78
Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:21-19:1
The question of Peter (Matthew 18:21-19:1) regarding forgiveness continues the one from the previous section about the brother who offends (Matthew 18:15-20). The …
Readings:
Reading 1: Ezekiel 1:2-5.24-28c
Resp. Ps.: Psalm 148:1-2.11-12,13,14
Gospel : Matthew 17:22-27
The exchange between Peter and Jesus may probably have come from a moment in history when the Matthaean community was beginning to …
Reading I: Isaiah 49:1-6
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 139
Reading II: Acts 13:22-26
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:57-66,80
John the Baptist and the Voice of the Bridegroom
There are only three persons in the liturgical calendar whose nativities …
Reading I: 2 Kings 2:1.6-14
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 31
Gospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-6.16-18
In Matthew 6:1-6.16-18 Jesus tells his listeners how to have a spirituality that is higher than that of the Pharisees …
Reading I: 1 Kings 21:17-29
Responsorial Psalm : Psalm 51
Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:43-48
1 Kings 21:17-29 is the second part of the Naboth incident. Here, Elijah is sent to confront Ahab of his sin …
Reading I: 1 Kings 21:1-16
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 5
Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:38-42
The story is found in a section of 1 Kings about the reign of Ahab1) interspersed with the Elijah cycle of stories (1 Kgs. …
