The Mass in Focus
As gracious hosts, will we open our hearts to listen and serve?
The readings for this Sunday’s Mass challenge us to be hospitable to all. That means not only serving their needs, but listening to God’s word in order to grow in His friendship.
Readings for the holy Mass – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass. See the Mass readings for Sunday, July 21, 2013 See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio
Are we ‘Samaritans’ moved by compassion, or do we walk on by?
If we see ourselves as the Good Samaritan, we get a glimpse of the two main attributes of God -- the God of love and mercy.
Readings of the holy Mass – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass. See the Mass readings for Sunday, July 14, 2013 See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio
A job for us all: workers in the vineyard are on the same mission
Like the 72 disciples in this Sunday’s Gospel, we are commanded by Jesus to go into our neighborhoods, our work place, our schools, our swim clubs, our shopping malls and give witness to people of the power of Jesus’ love by the way we live, in what we say and do.
Readings for the holy Mass – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass. See the Mass readings for Sunday, July 7, 2013 See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio
Following Jesus means going all the way – to the cross
Sunday’s Gospel shows that if a person wishes to follow Jesus, then Jesus will have to be first and central to the person’s life. If the would-be disciple does not realize this how will he or she be able to journey to Jerusalem? How will he or she be able to carry their cross?
Readings for the holy Mass – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass. See the Mass readings for Sunday, June 30, 2013 See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio
Accept the crosses of daily life for the good of others
Msgr. Joseph Prior writes that in the Gospel for the Mass this Sunday, Jesus is saying that carrying the cross is not a “one-time” event or occasion but an integral part of Christian life. Carrying the cross will entail suffering but life will come through this act of giving. And Jesus can relate to our suffering and the sorrows we face in life.
Readings for the holy Mass – Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass. See the Mass readings for Sunday, June 23, 2013 See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio