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Eternal Life (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings One of the most poignant lines in the Nicene Creed comes at the very end, where we confess: “and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life...Posted: Nov-14-2024 -
The Widow’s Faith (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings After declaring that there would be a drought in the land of Israel, Elijah was commanded by the Lord to go up north to the Phoenician port town of Zarephath. While the...Posted: Nov-05-2024
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Hear O Israel (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings This passage of Scripture is known as the Shema, and contains the central affirmation of Israel’s faith, which is the oneness of God. Three times a day, pious Jews recite...Posted: Oct-29-2024
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Return from Exile (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings Jeremiah 30-33 is known as the “Book of Consolation,” because its tone is that of consolation and hope, which contrasts sharply with the pessimistic tone of the rest of...Posted: Oct-21-2024
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The Servant and His Children (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings This passage is part of the fourth Servant Song in Isaiah, which is also one of the most well known because of how often it is quoted in the New Testament. It...Posted: Oct-15-2024
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Seeking Wisdom (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings Since the Book of Wisdom falls in the genre of Wisdom literature, a significant portion of the book is dedicated to extolling Wisdom, personifying wisdom and extolling her virtues, which are really...Posted: Oct-07-2024
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One Flesh (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings In his 1950 encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII underscored the importance of believing in the historicity of Adam and Eve by condemning the doctrine of “Polygenism,” which holds...Posted: Oct-04-2024
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The Spirit of Prophecy (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Numbers records for us how Moses struggled to lead Israelites during their wilderness wanderings. The particular passage in our readings comes right after the appointment of the seventy elders...Posted: Sep-28-2024
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Suffering for Righteousness (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s readings Like most wisdom literature, the book of Wisdom is filled with proverbs and teachings contrasting the behaviour of the righteous with that of the unrighteous. Here, the book presents us with an...Posted: Sep-16-2024
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The Rejected Servant (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings This is also one of the Old Testament readings for Palm Sunday. For my previous reflection on the same passage, see The Vindication of the Servant. This Old Testament reading is part...Posted: Sep-09-2024
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Healing and Deliverance (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings After declaring God’s judgment on Judah and the nations for their wickedness and failure to uphold justice, the book of Isaiah shifts in theme to how, despite their sins, the...Posted: Sep-04-2024
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The Wisdom of the Law (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Deuteronomy begins with a historical prologue detailing how God rescued Israel out of Egypt and guided them through the wilderness, in a manner reminiscent of ancient near eastern vassal...Posted: Aug-27-2024
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Serve the Lord (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The end of the book of Joshua is a covenant renewal ceremony between God (represented by Joshua) and the people of Israel. Here, they are reminded of all the good things that...Posted: Aug-21-2024
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Wisdom’s Feast (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings In the book of Proverbs, Wisdom is often presented as a personification of how to live wisely in this world. She is presented as a kind sister and friend who protects us...Posted: Aug-14-2024
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On Facing Adversity (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings This Sunday’s Old Testament reading is a rather ironic follow-up to the preceding story about how Elijah overcame the prophets of Ba'al, and showed that Yahweh alone is...Posted: Aug-07-2024
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Bread from Heaven (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings One of the most amazing things about this story is how quickly Israel appears to forget about the God’s miraculous providence. It was not that long ago that they witnessed...Posted: Aug-01-2024
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The Prophet Elisha (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The prophet Elisha figures prominently in the first half of the book of 2 Kings (chs. 2-13). He was chosen by Elijah to succeed him as prophet to the northern kingdom...Posted: Jul-23-2024
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False Shepherds (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings Most of the prophet Jeremiah’s indictments against the people of Judah were directed towards the leadership–the king, the priests, and the self-styled prophets who only spoke what...Posted: Jul-18-2024
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Prophetic Opposition (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)eClick here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Amos presents the prophecies of a man who was called by God to declare God’s judgments on the northern kingdom of Israel for their many sins. We...Posted: Jul-11-2024
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Israel’s Rebellion (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Ezekiel chronicles the prophet Ezekiel’s calling to preach to the Kingdom of Judah during the final stage of their history, just prior to their final fall at...Posted: Jul-02-2024
