Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings.  The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

ZECHariah 9:9-10

We hear from the Book of the prophet Zechariah only twice in the entire three-year Sunday readings cycle: on the 12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time in year C and this Sunday, the 14^th Sunday in Ordinary Time in year A.  So, let’s review who Zechariah is, when he […]

2 Kings 4:8 – 11, 14 – 16a

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings.  The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

This Sunday, we will hear one of Elisha’s miraculous pronouncements, one of a series of miracles performed at his hand.  It prepares us for the Gospel.  We haven’t read from 2 Kings for a long time, so let’s place it in context.  Recall […]

Matthew 10:26 – 33

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings.  The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

We return to Ordinary Time, picking up where we left off before Lent and Easter.  Remember, the Gospel of Matthew is the featured gospel this year – Year A.  Ordinarily, we begin with the first reading.  This week, however, I would like to begin with the Gospel, […]

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings.  The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.

Today’s solemnity – those of us who are my age and older recall it as Corpus Christi – has its origin in the Middle Ages as an expression of the faithful’s devotion to the Blessed Sacrament during a time when very few felt worthy to receive our Lord in Holy […]