Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 27:30-28:9; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35 The Book of Sirach is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. Sirach’s author was Joshua, the son of Sirach. (He should not be confused with Joshua, active centuries earlier as a disciple of Moses and leader of the Hebrews as they passed […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Those who face challenges will gain a great reward
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 20:7-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. Jeremiah was the son of a priest, Hilkiah, and therefore of the priestly caste. He was active as a prophet for two generations. Critics denounced him as disloyal to his people and race because Jeremiah […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Hope, God’s love are possible when we have steadfast faith
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 56:1,6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 The third section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first reading. Understanding this part of Isaiah requires some knowledge of the cultural context of the time. Life for the Jews had changed very much from what it was […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God offers life and reward, if we choose to follow him
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s first reading. Wisdom is the name not only of this book of the Old Testament, but of an entire set of writings. Collectively, the purpose is to convey in human language, and for situations in human […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God, through Jesus Christ, guides us in our inadequacy
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital, and he went […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Faith in the Lord brings protection and strength
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 20:10-13; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-35 Jeremiah is considered one of the “major,” or more important, prophets, along with Isaiah and Ezekiel — partly because of the length of Jeremiah’s prophecy and the critical time in which this prophecy was proclaimed, but also because its message so clearly reveals the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Through the Eucharist, Jesus nourishes us
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (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 […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Christians journey together on mission with the Lord
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: God’s blueprint for us: Like Jesus, love others
Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 Once again this Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles 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 way, the apostles exercised the very […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Turning away from God will lead us toward peril
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 […]
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