Father Joshua J. Whitfield, OSV News
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Are you a servant formed by...
Scripture readings for Sunday. Oct. 4,2026, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 5:1-7 Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43
Most people probably...
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: See everything from God’s perspective in...
Scripture readings for Sept. 20, 2026, Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 55:6-9 Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 Phil 1:20c-24, 27a Mt 20:1-16a
Dorothy Day thought that...
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Christians should be so truthful that...
Scripture readings for Sept. 6, 2026, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ez 33:7-9 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20
Václav Havel gave a speech...
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Coming to faith, apprehending Christ in...
Scripture readings for Aug. 9, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 Rom 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33
Walking on the...
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: We should be open to radically...
Scripture readings for July 26, 2026, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12 Ps 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 Rom 8:28-30 Mt 13:44-52
I...
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: It’s beautiful to think about how...
Scripture readings for July 12, 2026, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 55:10-11 Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 Rom 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23 OR Mt 13:1-9
The...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our vocation, whatever it is, offers...
Scripture readings for June 28, 2026, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 Mt 10:37-42
"I drew...
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Church is telling us not...
Scripture readings for June 14, 2026, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ex 19:2-6a Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Rom 5:6-11 Mt 9:36—10:8
As we conclude the Easter...
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Both Scripture and the Church’s...
Scripture readings for May 31, 2026, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 2 Cor 13:11-13 Jn...
Ascension Sunday: The Ascension should give you ‘a Spirit of wisdom...
Scripture readings for May 17, 2026, Ascension Sunday
Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Eph 1:17-23 Mt 28:16-20
"This is the triumph. Earth rises to heaven....