Jem Sullivan, Catholic News Service

Sunday Scripture readings, Oct. 6, 2019 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9 2) 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14 Gospel: Lk 17:5-10 "Increase our faith," the...

Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 22, 2019 1) Am 8:4-7 Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8 2) 1 Tm 2:1-8 Gospel: Lk 16:1-13 Making God your first priority "You can't get second things by...

Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 25, 2019 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Is 66:18-21 Psalm 117:1,2 2) Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 Gospel: Lk 13:22-30 Find strength to run a spiritual marathon When...

Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 11, 2019 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Wis 18:6-9 Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-22 2) Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12 Gospel: Lk 12:32-48 Scripture holds...

Sunday Scripture readings, July 28, 2019 Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1) Gn 18:20-32 Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8 2) Col 2:12-14 Gospel: Lk 11:1-13 In the classic cartoon, "Calvin and Hobbes,"...

Sunday Scripture readings, July 14, 2019: Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Dt 30:10-14 Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 or 19:8-11 2) Col 1:15-20 Gospel: Lk 10:25-37 Who is...

Sunday Scripture readings, June 30, 2019 1 Kgs 19:16, 19-21 Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-11 2) Gal 5:1, 13-18 Gospel: Lk 9:51-62   Reflecting on freedom As the Fourth of July...

Sunday Scripture readings, June 16, 2019 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Cycle C 1) Prv 8:22-31 Psalm 8:4-9 2) Rom 5:1-5 Gospel: Jn 16:12-15   Divine communion Something remarkable unfolded as...

The Ascension of the Lord Cycle C Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9 Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23 Gospel: Lk 24:46-53   Lifted up Kenneth Clark, noted art historian, tells the story...

Fifth Sunday of Easter Cycle C 1) Acts 14:21-27 Psalm 145:8-13 2) Rv 21:1-5 Gospel: Jn 13:31-35 To make new "New and improved" is a slogan that advertisers often use to...