Today’s Readings
The day’s responsorial psalm is taken from a text more ancient than the book of Deuteronomy itself. Deuteronomy 32 is a poetic text composed like a lawsuit discourse but ends up like a psalm …

Listen to this verse, “Sion, my mother, a man shall say.” There is then a man who saith this: through whom all those I have mentioned make their approach. Who is this man? It tells …

Reading I: Isaiah 29:17-24
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 27:1,13-14
Gospel Reading:  Matthew 9:27-31

Psalm 27 is said to be "Of David" and perhaps was one of the psalms he used to sing for King Saul …

Reading I:  Philippians 2:1-4
Resp. Psalm:  Psalm 131:1,2-3
Gospel Reading: Luke 14:12-14

Psalm 131 is a very short psalm that lends itself easily to analysis and interpretation.  Take note of the following types of parallelism
1.  Synonimous parallels
2.  …

Feast of Simon and Jude, Apostles
 

Reading I: Ephesians 2:19-22
Resp. Psalm:  Psalm 19:2-3,4-5
Gospel Reading:  Luke 6:12-16

 
Psalm 19 is most often used as the responsorial psalm for the feast of an apostle.  It is a psalm …

A view of the Japanese Gardens
They are like trees planted by streams of water,
which yield their fruits
in due season.
Their leaves
do not wither;
they prosper
in all they do.
  (Psalm 1:3)
"Sinners cannot live in heaven, they would …