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 they reveal the special place among the early Christians of the apostles, and that […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Gospel offers the gift of God’s divine mercy
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: Face the facts and step into the light of God
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: Be saved — commit to Christ
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: Grounding ourselves and honoring God
Sixth 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: Jesus must be our guide, not earthly standards
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a The first reading this weekend is from Zephaniah. This prophet 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 Jerusalem, from 715 B.C. to 687 B.C. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Proclaiming to all that Jesus is the Lord, the Lamb of God
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34 The Book of Isaiah furnishes this weekend’s first reading from the Scriptures. Relief and joy uplifted the atmosphere. Hopes centered upon a bright future, all because of the fact that, after the humiliation, uncertainty and anguish of being conquered by Babylonia, and […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Our search for salvation and truth ends in Jesus
Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 This weekend the church invites us to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, one of the most revered feasts in the Christian calendar. Clear and distinct in the first reading from the third section of the Book of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Our goal is union with God, not following self-interests
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: Christ the King, who died for us, will never desert us
Feast of Christ the King 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 The Second Book of Samuel furnishes the first biblical reading for this feast, marking the close of the church’s year. Once the two books of Samuel composed a single volume. In time, editors divided the volume into the two books now seen in […]
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