Bulletin Shorts for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 09 August 2020 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a. Psalm 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14. Romans 9:1-5. Matthew 14:22-33. Jesus Shows Us God. In his time of trail, Elijah is... Read More
Bulletin Shorts for the Transfiguration of the Lord
The Transfiguration of the Lord, Feast – Thursday, 06 August 2020 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14. Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9. 2 Peter 1:16-19. Matthew 17:1-9. Being Transformed. A truth of the Paschal Mystery (the dying... Read More
Turn to Christ, and follow
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time—A In Matthew, Mark, and John, Jesus’s miracles of feeding the multitude and walking on water are connected because both concern the disciple’s need to trust completely in him.... Read More
How to critically read blog posts and magazine articles about liturgy
The other day, someone asked me, “How do they know that the Bible is the most-read book in history?” “Who’s ‘they?’” I asked. “Everyone. I read it in a magazine article just the... Read More
Bulletin Shorts for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 02 August 2020 Isaiah 55:1-3. Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18. Romans 8:35, 37-39. Matthew 14:13-21. Nothing Can Separate Us! The first reading speaks of comfort foods. The second... Read More
Liturgical principles to guide your planning
We tend to forget that there is no one single description of the Last Supper. St. Paul is the first of the New Testament writers to describe what happened, and he wasn’t even... Read More
Offer your powerlessness to Jesus
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time—A Time and again, all over the United States, have I been refused food by the big house on the hill; and always have I received food from the... Read More
Live in closeness
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time—A I’ve just listened to a podcast geared toward millennials (I’m not one) that teaches them life skills. Today’s episode was on how to study. In college, my study... Read More