The Mass in Focus
We have a choice to make
Our hearts long for peace, contentment and love, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior on this Sunday’s readings for Mass. But we face many distractions and burdens. Will we choose the way of the world, or God’s will for each of us?
How to live our proclamation of Christ
Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how the Gospel readings for the last few weeks culminate this Sunday as Jesus gives Peter the keys to the Kingdom, and to us a model for following the Lord in his church.
Readings of the holy Mass – Twenty-first 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.
Readings of the holy Mass — 20th 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.
To trust in God, first listen for his quiet voice
Msgr. Joseph Prior comments on this Sunday’s Gospel as Jesus invites Peter, and us, to come to him, unafraid of storms.
Readings of the holy Mass – Nineteenth 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.
Top message in Sunday’s Gospel passage, among others, is compassion
God loves us with a compassionate love and knows our needs and struggles, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior on this Sunday’s readings for Mass. God continually invites us to find life in him and to love one another with the same type of love.
Readings of the holy Mass – Eighteenth 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.
In the Kingdom of God, rewards outweigh the costs
Msgr. Joseph Prior writes that the parables Jesus tells in Sunday’s Gospel show the meaning of our priceless relationship with him, and the cost of discipleship.
Readings of the holy Mass – Seventeenth 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.