Category: Ordinary Time

  • Christ the King – November 24, 2013

    Christ is the King of the Universe. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. Prayer for the Acceptance of Death. To view Lectionary 162, click here. Christ is the King of the Universe: Central idea Reading 1 2 Sm 5:1-3 God chose David to be the shepherd and commander…

  • Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – The Second Coming of Christ

    Central Idea: Our period of salvation history and how we are to live in it. Doctrine: The Second Coming of Christ and the Final Judgment. Practical Application: How to live in this age. To view Lectionary 159, click here. Central Idea: Our period of salvation history and how we are to live in it Reading…

  • Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—November 10

    Central Idea: The reward of eternal life. Doctrine: The Beatific Vision. Practical Application: Meditation on the Beatific Vision. For Lectionary 156, click here. Central Idea: The reward of eternal life Reading 1 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14 The Sacred Writer of 2 Maccabees clearly teaches the hope of a bodily life after death. Those who obey…

  • Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time – November 3

    Central Idea: God’s loving goodness. Doctrine: God is love. Practical Application: Divine reading. To view Lectionary 153, click here. Central Idea: God’s loving goodness Reading 1 Wis 11:22-12:2 God is the omnipotent creator and sustainer of all that exists and everything he creates is good in itself and God loves it. God is omniscient and…

  • Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time—October 27

    Central Idea: God is just and merciful. Doctrine: Justification. Practical Application: A life of justice and mercy. To view Lectionary 150, click here. Central Idea: God is just and merciful Reading 1 Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 How can God be just and yet have a special concern for the lowly and those who serve him willingly?…

  • Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time—October 20

    Central Idea: Perseverance in the Faith. Doctrine: Perseverance, supernatural perseverance, and Final Perseverance. Practical Application: Living perseverance. For Lectionary 147, click here. Central Idea: Perseverance in the faith As long as we persevere in fighting our evil tendencies, we will win, but like Moses we need help: a rock to rest on and companions to…

  • Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time—October 13

    Central Idea: Giving glory to God. Doctrine: “The world was created for the glory of God.” Practical Application: How do we give glory to God? For Lectionary 144, click here. Central Idea: Giving glory to God. With God’s power, the prophet Elisha was able to heal the foreigner, Naaman, from the scourge of leprosy.  When…

  • Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time—October 6, 2013

    Central Idea: God makes each one of us very important. Doctrine: The ministerial and general priesthood of Christ in the Church. Practical Application: Living the royal priesthood of Christ as a layperson. For Lectionary 141, click here. Central Idea: God makes each one of us very important Because God loves the persons he creates, he…

  • Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time–September 29

    Central Idea: The just try to see that everyone receives the good that is due to them. Doctrine: The preferential option for the poor. Practical Application: The corporal and spiritual works of mercy. For Lectionary 138, click here. Central Idea: The just try to see that everyone receives the good that is due to them.…

  • Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 22

    Central Idea: Loving persons over things. Doctrine: Three forms of justice. Practical Application: Becoming more just. For Lectionary 135, click here. Central Idea: Loving persons over things Reading 1 Am 8:4-7 The Seventh Commandment is “Thou shalt not steal.” Some steal by cheating. Some take advantage of persons in need. The Old Testament condemns these.…

  • Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 15, 2013

    Central Idea: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Doctrine: Perfect and imperfect contrition. Practical Application: Formation of conscience For Lectionary 132, click here. Central Idea: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Reading 1 Ex 32:7-11, 13-14 At the very moment that God was revealing himself to the Chosen People…

  • Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 8, 2013

    Central Idea: The wisest thing is to do the will of God. Doctrine: Natural and Supernatural prudence. Practical Application: Opportunities to do good. For the Lectionary 129 readings, click here. Central Idea: The wisest thing is to do the will of God. Reading 1 Wis 9:13-18b How can human beings know the mind of God…