Category: Ordinary Time

  • Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 11

    Central Idea: God will do what he has promised. Doctrine: The theological virtue of faith. Practical Application: Recognizing God in the ordinary. To view the Lectionary 117 readings, click here. Central Idea: God will do what he has promised. Reading 1 Wis 18:6-9 The Passover was the night on which God both punished the oppressors…

  • Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 4

    Central Meaning: Our true wealth is God not in greed. Doctrine: Legitimate wealth. Practical Application: Examining our economic activity. For the Lectionary 114 readings, click here. Central Meaning: Our true wealth is God not in greed Reading 1 Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23 Vain means empty. If you only work to become prosperous for your own benefit,…

  • Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 28

    Central Idea: Wrestling with God in prayer.  Doctrine: Filial trust. Practical Application: Transformation in Christ To view the Lectionary 111 readings, click here. Central Idea: Wrestling with God in prayer. Reading 1 Gn 18:20-32 Here God speaks to Abraham in a way Abraham can understand, as if God didn’t already know everything that was going…

  • Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 21, 2013

    Central Idea: Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself. Doctrine: Active vs. contemplative lives. Practical Application: Living active-contemplative lives. To view the Lectionary 108 readings, click here. Central Idea: Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself Reading 1 Gn 18:1-10a In…

  • Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 14, 2013

    Central Idea: Love God and neighbor according to rightful law. Doctrine: The precepts of the Church. Practical Application: Living the precepts better. Click here for Lectionary: 105 Central Idea: Love God and neighbor according to rightful law. Reading 1 Dt 30:10-14 We are always turning away from the LORD, our God through forgetfulness and sin.…

  • Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 7, 2013

    Central Idea: Bearing hardship well is a mark of holiness. Doctrine: The prayer of petition. Practical Application: Asking for things. For the Lectionary 102 readings, click here. Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; 2 Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 Central Idea: Bearing hardship well is a mark of holiness Jesus Christ’s second beatitude…

  • Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 30

    Central Idea: God must come first. Doctrine: Vocation. Practical Application: Living and discerning your vocation. To view the Lectionary 99 readings, click here. 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62 Central Idea: God must come first At the call of Elijah, Elisha took his hand from his…

  • Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 23

    Central Idea: Salvation comes by way of the Cross. Doctrine: Taking up one’s daily cross – Christian holiness by way of the Cross. Practical Application: The necessary virtues of fortitude and temperance. For the Lectionary 96 readings click here. Central Idea: Salvation comes by way of the Cross Christ redeemed us from sin through his…

  • Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 16

    Central Idea: God gladly forgives the sins of the contrite of heart. Doctrine: Contrition. Practical Application: Daily examination of conscience. To view Lectionary 93, click here. 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13, PS 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11, Gal 2:16, 19-21, LK 7:36-50 St. Paul reminds us we are to avoid evil and do good. But we have…

  • Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 9

    Central Idea: Love your neighbor, not “humanity.” Doctrine: The New Evangelization. Practical Application: Participation in the New Evangelization Our Lord limited his time on earth: About thirty years of ordinary life, about three years of preaching and miracles, about three hours on the Cross. He also limited his presence to in and around Israel. Thus,…

  • The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – June 2

    To view the readings for Lectionary 169, click here. Central Idea: Christ is the eternal high priest who offers us what he offered to the Father, himself. Gn 14:18-20 When Abraham met Melchizedek, God’s Chosen People consisted of only one member, Abraham himself. At the time of Moses and the giving of the Law, when…

  • The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – May 26

    Central Idea: Human beings have dignity in their creation and exalted dignity in their redemption. Doctrine: The Blessed Trinity. Practical Application: Living like the Blessed Trinity. To view Lectionary 166, click here. Central Idea: Human beings have dignity in their creation and exalted dignity in their redemption. Prv 8:22-31 and Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 The…