Kevin Perrotta, Catholic News Service

Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Is 50:5-9 Psalm 116:1-6, 8-9 2) Jas 2:14-18 Gospel: Mk 8:27-35   Angry at God About a week after my wife Mary died of...

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 Psalm 15:2-5 2) Jas 1:17-18, 21-22, 27 Gospel: Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Mysterious As we listen to the Scripture readings...

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Prv 9:1-6 Psalm 34:2-7 2) Eph 5:15-20 Gospel: Jn 6:51-58   An unanswered question The day after Jesus multiplied a few loaves of bread...

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 Psalm 78:3-4, 23-25, 54 2) Eph 4:17, 20-24 Gospel: Jn 6:24-35   A question for reflection Some years ago, I began...

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Jer 23:1-6 Psalm 23:1-6 2) Eph 2:13-18 Gospel: Mk 6:30-34   A royal mess In today's first reading, Jeremiah promises that God will send...

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Ez 2:2-5 Psalm 123:1-4 2) 2 Cor 12:7-10 Gospel: Mk 6:1-6 On recognizing prophets In our first reading, God is sending a man...

Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Cycle B 1) Is 49:1-6 Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15 2) Acts 13:22-26 Gospel: Lk 1:57-66, 80 Happy birthday, John! Among the saints, John...

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Gn 3:9-15 Psalm 130:1-8 2) 2 Cor 4:13 – 5:1 Gospel: Mk 3:20-35   A little picture of the church Today's Gospel begins with...

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Cycle B 1) Dt 4:32-34, 39-40 Psalm 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 2) Rom 8:14-17 Gospel: Mt 28:16-20 Are you in on this mystery? Trinity...

The Ascension of the Lord Cycle B 1) Acts 1:1-11 Psalm: 47:2-3, 6-9 2) Eph 1:17-23 or 4:1-13 Gospel: Mk 16:15-20 A prayer for the Ascension St. Mark takes us to...