The Mass in Focus
Love and mercy transform the small and the weak
Msgr. Joseph Prior thinks of “Les Miz” and Rocky Balboa to reflect on Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed in this Sunday’s Gospel reading about the Kingdom of God in our lives.
Readings of 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.
What kind of dirt are you?
Msgr. Joseph Prior reflects on the parable of the sower from this Sunday’s Gospel reading. We can enrich the soil of our hearts, he writes, so that the good seed of Jesus’ word produces a rich harvest in our lives.
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.
Jesus eases our burdens, whatever they may be
We might think of rest during summertime, but Msgr. Joseph Prior points out with this Sunday’s readings that Jesus offers the kind of rest from our labors that only he, with the Father and through the Spirit, can give.
Readings of 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.
Peter and Paul: Leading, following and how we can do the same
On the solemnity of the saints this Sunday, Msgr. Joseph Prior recounts how they listened to the Lord and followed him, with difficulty, and the lessons on leadership and discipleship they still teach Christians today.
Readings of the holy Mass – Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
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.
Readings of the holy Mass – Corpus Christi
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.
Swim in the mystery of endless love that is the Trinity
Msgr. Joseph Prior helps shed light on the mystery of the Holy Trinity, which the church celebrates on Sunday. The Trinity is not a problem to be solved but something to experience. We don’t reach a conclusion but instead dwell on its beauty.