Scripture Reflection for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: To know the end is near, to watch for the end, St. Augustine ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the Second Sunday before Advent in Year C) is Luke 21.5–19, this gospel's version of ...

You can find today’s readings here. “Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.” (Ps 80:4) Matthew’s Gospel is not always user-friendly. Personally, I prefer the intimacy ...

Beginning this week and continuing until Lent, Catholics will be listening to the Gospel of Mark at weekday Eucharists. This wasn’t always the case. When I was growing up in the 1950s and early 1960s, ...

Today’s readings build on last Sunday’s texts about callings. The first reading and the Gospel reveal the power of accepting one’s calling, as it can lead to the conversion of others. The first ...

Pope Francis on Sunday recognized 10 new saints of the Catholic Church during a canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square. It was the Church’s first canonization since that of St. John Henry Newman and ...

and they shall call his name Emmanuel' - which means, God with us.