Greeting (See Second Reading) Consider yourselves dead to sin but alive in Christ Jesus. May Jesus, the Lord of life, be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant It Is Me You Welcome Are we aware that when we receive strangers, we receive the Lord himself? We have Jesus’ own […]
Year II. “Cry aloud to the Lord! Lift your hands to him.” The message is one of hope: when punishment comes for sin, we should not blame God or abandon hope, but turn to God. Gospel. At a mere word of Jesus, the health of the centurion’s servant is restored in response to the marvellous
Year II. Punishment comes to the Jewish people for their persistent infidelity. Jerusalem was destroyed with its temple, and the people were sent into exile. Gospel. Immediately after the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew gives us a series of miracles of Jesus, the first of which is narrated in today’s gospel, the cure of the
Year II. The last kings of Judah did not seek God’s kingdom and lost their earthly kingdom. Gospel. “Not those who say, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom, but one who does the will of my Father.” We are familiar with Jesus’ words, but do we follow them? Do we build on rock, that is,
Mass during the Day Greeting (See the First Reading of the Vigil) Do not be afraid to speak, says the Lord, for I am with you to protect you. I am putting my words into your mouth. Say whatever I command you. May the Lord speak through us and always be with you. R/
Year II. Hezekiah and Jeremiah chose to trust in God despite all odds. Gospel. The moralising theme of the two ways, familiar to Jewish thought and also to Christian thinking from the early Church to the present – for example, Ignatian spirituality – underlies the readings today. Jesus says there is an easy, spacious road
Year II. The Northern kingdom of Israel is punished for deserting God through the destruction of the country and the exile of its people. Gospel. For people who walk side-by-side with the Lord, there is no room for superiority complexes that look down on the people around us to condemn them. We have all the
Greeting (See Second Reading) It is certain that the grace of God came to us through one man, Jesus Christ, and it came to us as a free gift. May Jesus pour out his grace on you and may he always be with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant No Room
Year II. It is dangerous to be a prophet who dares to speak out, particularly against the mighty. It cost the prophet Zechariah his life. Gospel. Too often, we worry much more than we should and about things that, after all, don’t matter much. Are not our fears and worries mostly about things and events
Year II. The reading from Kings narrates the punishment that befalls the family of Ahab and how the royal house of David is restored, along with the religion of the God of Israel. Gospel: What are the things that preoccupy us, that are constantly on our minds? The answer to this question will indicate what
