This year, we read Luke’s account of Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth twice in succession.  We read the account as the gospel reading for the fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C).  But it is also …

The fourth Sunday of Advent Year C gives us the picture of Mary visiting Elizabeth.  The Church is like Mary, bringing Christ to those who await Him.  Below is a mindmap that relates the …

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the LORD, for he stirs in his Holy Dwelling. (Zech. 2:13)
uke begins his account of the …

Reading I: Isaiah 48:17-19
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:16-19

In Matthew 11:16-19 Jesus compares the towns where he has been preaching to children playing in the marketplace: they won’t respond to …

Links to articles about the Birth of the Virgin Mary

Catholic Encyclopedia: The Nativity of Mary
The page contains information on the history of the Feast. The feast originated from the Eastern churches and became part …

The Assumption in the Catechism

966 “Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, …

Today’s Readings
The gospel reading focuses on the figure of the Beloved Disciple who is first presented at the Last Supper with his ears on the Lord’s chest. Our iconography does not do justice to the …

 
Today’s Readings
The day’s gospel selection from John is the account of the Commissioning of Peter (John 21:20-25). Jesus as the Good Shepherd had already given his life for his sheep (cf. John 10). As Priest, …

Reading I: Isaiah 26:1-6
Resp. Psalm: Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
Gospel Reading: Mt 7:21, 24-27

A city in ruins especially when it has recently fallen is not an edifying site.  The selection from …

Reading I: 2 Timothy 4:10-17
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 145:10-11,12-13,17-18
Gospel Reading: Luke 10:1-9

 
Luke 10:1-24 is anticipated in 9:52 by the messengers ( aggelouV) that Jesus sends ahead of him to Jerusalem. The unit …