Tuesday, November 29, 2005

2nd Sunday of Advent

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PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD (Mk 1:1-8) The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Gospel is God-spell in old English....
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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Peace on Earth

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PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL Alfred Anderson died last November 21, 2005. He was 109 years old and at the time the oldest man in Sco...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

First Sunday of Advent

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BE WATCHFUL! BE ALERT! (Mk 13:33-37) Happy New Year! Yes, it's only November 27. And yes, it's also new year. The First Sunday of A...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Christ the King

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CHRIST THE KING (Mt 25:31-46) EXEGESIS The scene is the Last Judgment at the end of the world. Jesus appears as a glorious King. In the Je...
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS (Mt 25:14-30) EXEGESIS A man going on a journey.... The ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven. ...called in his...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Parable of the Ten Virgins (Mt 25:1-13) Wedding custom Friends will meet the bridegroom at his house. They then fetch the bride. They retur...
Monday, October 24, 2005

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

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JESUS TAKES TO TASK THE PHARISEES (Mt 23:1-12)
Monday, October 17, 2005

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" Mt 22:34-40 BACKGROUND The question posed on Jesus is meant to divid...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? (Mt 22:15-21) Herodians They were supporters of Herod the Great and his family. They ...
Monday, October 03, 2005

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST (22:1-14) The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. The king is...
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD (Mt 21:33-43) There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and buil...
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The Parable of the Two Sons (Mt 21:28-32) Commentary taken from The Jerome Biblical Commentary This parable is the first of three parables...
Sunday, September 11, 2005

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard (Mt 20:116). A landowner who went out at d...
Monday, September 05, 2005

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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"Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" (Matthew 18:21-35) Jesus answered, ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Commentary taken from the New American Bible, unle...
Monday, August 22, 2005

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,take up his cross, and follow me. (Mt 16:21-27) ... That he must go to Jerusalem an...
Thursday, August 18, 2005

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

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I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherwor...
Saturday, August 13, 2005

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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THE CANAANITE WOMAN (Matthew 15:21-28) Tyre and Sidon It is situated north of Israel. It still exists in modern-day Lebanon. This is the onl...
Saturday, August 06, 2005

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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"O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH, WHY DID YOU DOUBT?" Jesus made the disciples get into a boat... The better Greek translation would be: ...
Thursday, July 28, 2005

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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MULTIPLICATION OF FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH THE MOSAIC Christians of the early Byzantine period built monasteries, churches and shrines...