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 …

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. …

Reading I: 1 Kings 18:41-46
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 65
Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26

After Elijah’s victory over the prophets of Baal, rain comes to Israel from the sea. The point of the narrative is …