The Mass in Focus

What ballast is in your boat?

Like the weight in a ship, the sharing of the divine life that Jesus offers can keep us steady amid the storms and currents of life, explains Msgr. Joseph Prior about the readings for this Sunday's Mass.

Readings of the holy Mass – Seventh Sunday of Easter

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.

Jesus is ‘going away,’ but his Spirit remains with us

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains the Scripture readings for this Sunday's Mass, which show the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in people’s hearts and in the church since its beginning up to today.

Readings of the holy Mass – Sixth Sunday of Easter

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.

Transformed in love to serve one another

The love that we must have for one another, as commanded by Jesus in Sunday’s Gospel reading, lies at the heart of Christian discipleship, explains Msgr. Joseph Prior.

Readings of the holy Mass – The Fifth Sunday of Easter

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.

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, leads us home to the Father

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter by recalling the Year of Mercy and Pope Francis' words, “Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy.”

Readings of the holy Mass – The Fourth Sunday of Easter

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.

We are called to love and to forgive as Jesus did

Peter denied Jesus in the dark of night, but after the resurrection, the Lord healed Peter in the light of day, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior about the Third Sunday of Easter.

Readings of the holy Mass – Third Sunday of Easter

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.