FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 Readings from the Acts of the Apostles frequently occur during the Easter season. They clearly show not just life in general in the first Christian community but quite expressly reveal the special place among the early Christians of the Apostles, and that Peter […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God’s mercy triumphs
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 With deep faith and faith-filled excitement, the church continues the celebration it began a week and a day ago of Easter, the Lord’s resurrection and final victory over death and sin. As is the case in almost every Mass of this season, the first […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Raised to new life
EASTER SUNDAY Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9. Today the Church celebrates the greatest day of its year, Easter, the feast of the Lord’s Resurrection. These readings are proclaimed at Masses during the day on Easter itself. (On Holy Saturday, the day preceding Easter, the church will have celebrated the Easter […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Rejoice! God’s light awaits us
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Drawing from the first word, in Latin, in the Entrance Antiphon for this weekend’s liturgy, this Sunday long has been called “Laetare Sunday.” Laetare means “to rejoice.” The church rejoices that even amid the drabness and penance of Lent, the glory of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Rejoice in the light of Jesus
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Genesis 12:1-4a; 2 Timothy 1:8a-10; Matthew 17:1-9 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. As its name implies, Genesis reveals the divine origin of life and the divine plan in the forming of the Hebrew race. First and foremost, Genesis is a splendidly vivid revelation […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: One cannot serve two masters
8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 49:14-15; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34 For its first reading this weekend, the church presents a rather short selection from the final part of the Book of Isaiah. By the time this passage was written, the Jews, long trapped in exile in Babylon, had returned home. The conquest of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God’s law is unchanging
6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sirach 15:15-20; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37 The Book of Sirach, the source of this weekend’s first reading, is part of a collection of biblical writings that in their very origin teach an important lesson. As various political, economic and individual fortunes changed, collapsed and reversed among God’s people in […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The weak will be exalted
4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a The first biblical reading this weekend is from Zephaniah. These details are known about this prophet. He was the son of Cushi and a descendant of Hezekiah, presumably King Hezekiah, who reigned as king of Judah, the southern Hebrew kingdom centered on […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Turn from sin to God
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12 Once again, the first section of the Book of Isaiah provides the first biblical reading. This weekend’s reading is in the same mood as that of last week. Isaiah was very unhappy with the turn of events of his time. As was so often the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God’s goodness will triumph
32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 This weekend, observed as the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, the church presents as the first reading a section from the Second Book of Maccabees. Maccabees, First or Second, rarely appears as a reading at Mass. These books date from a […]
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