25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a; Matthew 20:20:1-16a The last section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend with its first reading. Virtually none of the prophets of ancient Israel wrote when times were good, or at least when the prophets perceived the times to be good. Certainly, the author […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: On being good disciples
23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20 For the first reading this weekend, the church gives us a passage from the ancient Book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel’s name in Hebrew in effect was a prayer, “May God make (him) strong.” It was fitting since, as the prophet himself said and indeed said […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Master of the king’s house
21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 22:19-23; Romans 11:33-36; Matthew 16:13-20 The first section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend with its first reading. In this reading, Isaiah speaks for God. With God’s authority Isaiah declared that a new master of the court should be named. (The master functioned as the king’s chief […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Walking on water
19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33 The First Book of Kings is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The two Books of Kings highlight the kings of the united kingdom of Israel, Saul, David and Solomon, but neither book is a political history. Both are religious works. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Pearl of great price
17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 The First Book of Kings is the source of this weekend’s first reading. As might be supposed, the two books of Kings deal heavily with the kings of unified Israel, Saul, David and Solomon. But while these two books concentrate on these […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In humility, we are free
15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-9 The third and last section of the Book of Isaiah is the source of the first reading for this weekend. This reading was composed when pious Jews easily could have become disillusioned and uncertain in their devotion to God. For decades Jews exiled in […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Only spiritual rewards endure
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42 This weekend’s first reading is from the first of two books in the Bible that bear a name suggesting that they are about the kings of Israel. Kings are mentioned, but from a very particular view. Kings were judged on how […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Body, blood, soul and divinity
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 This weekend the church celebrates the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, or as perhaps it is better known by its Latin translation, Corpus Christi. The first reading is from the Book of Deuteronomy, one of the first five books of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Sharing in the mission of Christ
FEAST OF PENTECOST Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 Pentecost, the feast celebrated on this weekend, is the greatest day of the church’s year, save for Easter and Christmas. It is interesting in this sense. It is the only ancient Jewish feast still observed by the church. In the beginning, Christians almost invariably […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The Lord is truly risen
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 The Acts of the Apostles once again this Easter season furnishes the first reading. In the readings of the weekends earlier in this season, the identity of the Apostles clearly has been established. In a critically important revelation, the Apostles exercised the very […]
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