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The formal instructions for tonight’s liturgy tell me to preach a homily that sheds light on, “the principal mysteries that are commemorated… namely, the institution

Mass readings for Palm Sunday of the Passion of our Lord:Mark 11.1-10 Isaiah 50.4-7 Psalm 22.7-8, 16-19, 22-23 Philippians 2.6-11 Mark 14.1-15.47 The changes to

Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent:Jeremiah 31.31-34 Psalm 51.1-2,10-13 Hebrews 5.7-9 John 12.20-33 In our gospel reading we find an interesting chain of

Not to repeat myself on the gospels we hear at scrutiny masses, but they are long. And as a preacher, the cue I take from

The story of the healing of the blind man is a story of perennial relevance to us. It speaks of skepticism, of hostility to Christ,

Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare):2 Chronicles 36.14-17a, 19-23 Psalm 137.1-6 Ephesians 2.4-10 John 3.14-21 At the Christmas Eve service, we read

Mass readings for the 1st Scrutiny:Exodus 17.3-7 Psalm 95.1-2,6-9 Romans 5.1-2, 5-8 John 4.5-42 For many of us, the story of the Samaritan woman at

Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday in Lent:Exodus 20.1-17 Psalm 19.7-10 1 Corinthians 1.18, 22-25 John 2.13-25 The cleansing of the Jerusalem Temple is an

Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Lent:Genesis 22.1-32, 9-13, 15-18 Psalm 116.10, 15-19 Romans 8.31-35, 37 Mark 9.2-10 I watched a YouTube interview with

Mass readings for the 1st Sunday of Lent:Genesis 9.8-15 Psalm 25.4-9 1 Peter 3.18-22 Mark 1.12-15 The story of Jesus being driven into the wilderness