Oct 27, 2014
Readings:
Wisdom 3:1-9
Psalm 23:1-6
Romans 6:3-9
John 6:37-40
When St. Paul talked about the resurrection of the dead with the philosophers at Athens, many laughed and mocked him (Acts 17:32). The Gospel, he would later write, is “foolishness” to the wise of this world (1 Cor. 1:18).
Yet this week’s First...
Oct 20, 2014
Readings:
Exodus 22:20-26
Psalm 18:2-4, 47, 51
1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Matthew 22:34-40
Jesus came not to abolish the Old Testament law but to fulfill it
(see
Matthew 5:17)
And in today's Gospel, He reveals that love - of God and of
neighbor - is the fulfillment of the whole of the law (see
Romans 13:8-10).
Devout...
Oct 13, 2014
Readings:
Isaiah 45:1,4-6
Psalm 96:1,3-5, 7-10
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
Matthew 22:15-21
The Lord is king over all the earth, as we sing in today's Psalm.
Governments rise and fall by His permission, with no authority but
that given from above (see John 19:11;
Romans 13:1).
In effect, God says to every ruler what he...
Oct 6, 2014
Isaiah 25:6-10
Psalm 23:1-6
Philippians
4:12-14, 19-20
Matthew 22:1-14
Our Lord’s parable in today’s Gospel is again a fairly straightforward outline of salvation history.
God is the king (see Matthew 5:35), Jesus the bridegroom (see Matthew 9:15), the feast is the salvation and eternal life that Isaiah prophesies...
Sep 29, 2014
Isaiah 5:1-7
Psalm 80:9,
12-16, 19-20
Philippians
4:6-9
Matthew 21:33-43
In today's Gospel Jesus returns to the Old Testament symbol of the
vineyard to teach about Israel, the Church, and the kingdom of
God.
And the symbolism of today's First Reading and Psalm is readily
understood.
God is the owner and the house of...