Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Lent starts Wednesday!

The Readings below for the 5th Sunday of Lent speak of Vocation and Mercy!  How appropriate when we just ended the Year of Consecrated Life and began the Year of Mercy, the two overlapping for a couple of months!  Now we are just about to begin Lent, and what does God...

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

I love the 1st and 2nd Reading for the 4th Sunday, they are so powerful and pro life!  I also included the Responsorial Psalm as it too is pro life!  I will post my comments after the readings.   Reading 1JER 1:4-5, 17-19 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:...

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

I love Mother Mary’s advice in the Gospel:  “Do whatever He tells you”! Here are the readings for this Sunday: Reading 1IS 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like...

Ephiphany

Happy and Blessed Epiphany!  In the US, other places still celebrate on the day, January 6th! To help the children understand that Christmas lasts more then 1 day, it lasts until Baptism, we drag out the gift giving.  They receive most of their presents on Christmas...

Merry Christmas!

O Come all Ye Faithful! Here are the Readings for the various Christmas Masses! Vigil Mass Gospel: ORMT 1:18-25 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child...