Letters From Home

Your guide through the scripture readings of Daily Mass from Dr. Scott Hahn, Dr. John Bergsma, and our other theologians from the St. Paul Center. Insight on memorials and feasts of our God's saints and personal insight from sacred scripture.

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Why We Can't Judge God's Providence - Wednesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time

Sep 28, 2022

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Wednesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time by Dr. John Bergsma.

Ordinary Weekday / Wenceslaus, Martyr / Lawrence Ruiz, Married Man, Martyr, & Companions, Martyrs

First Reading: Job 9: 1-12, 14-16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 88: 10bc-11, 12-13,...

The Geographical Theology of Luke - The Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul

Sep 27, 2022

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul by Dr. Shane Owens.

Vincent de Paul, Priest, Religious Founder Obligatory Memorial

First Reading: Job 3: 1-3, 11-17, 20-23
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 88: 2-3, 4-5, 6, 7-8
Alleluia: Mark 10: 45
Gospel: Luke 9: 51-56

The Truth of Holiness - Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Sep 26, 2022

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. Scott Hahn.

Ordinary Weekday / Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs

First Reading: Job 1: 6-22
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 17: 1bcd, 2-3, 6-7
Alleluia: Mark 10: 45
Gospel: Luke 9: 46-50

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A Great Chasm: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sep 24, 2022

Readings:
Amos 6:1, 4–7
Psalm 146:7–10
1 Timothy 6:11–16
Luke 16:19–31

The rich and powerful are visited with woe and exile in today’s Liturgy—not for their wealth but for their refusal to share it; not for their power but for their indifference to the suffering at their door.

The complacent leaders in...

How To Bear Fruit in Each Season of Life - Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time

Sep 24, 2022

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time by Mr. Clement Harrold.

Ordinary Weekday / Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 11: 9 – 12: 8
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 90: 3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and...