"STAY WITH US, LORD" (Luke 24:29)

1st Reading                Isaiah 55: 6-9 Psalm                           145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 (R. 18a) R:// "The Lord is near to all who call upon him" 2nd Reading              Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a Gospel                         Matthew 20: 1-16 CHOOSE TRUST OVER CONTRACT Friends, Peace and Goodness! Today is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) and the 3rd Sunday of the month. Our first reading is from Isaiah 55:6-9 and the Gospel is from Matthew 20:1-16. We shall settle on a detail in the first reading and two from the Gospel.  The first reading, from Isaiah 55: 6-9, falls within the second division, called "Deutero-Isaiah", at least by the popular scholarly division of the book of the prophet Isaiah. These are people in exile in Babylon being addressed. They had stopped ex...

1st Reading            Sirach 27:30-28:7 Psalm                       103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 (R. 8) R:// "The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in mercy" 2nd Reading              Romans 14: 7-9 Gospel                         Matthew 18:21-35 SET PEOPLE FREE Friends, Peace and Goodness! Today is the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). Let us launch into the readings.  Our first reading is from Sirach 27:30-28:7. We just have to first understand that we are reading from one of the Deuterocanonical books. Sirach was written in Hebrew around 180 BC by a Jewish scribe and teacher, called Jesus Ben Sirach. The Greek translation was produced by his grandson in 132 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. The book is rich in Wisdom and is often regarded as an elderly person giving pieces of advice ...

1st Reading                    Ezekiel 33: 7-9 Psalm                                95: 1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (R. 8).  R:// "O that today you would listen to his voice, harden not your hearts" 2nd Reading                  Romans 13: 8-10 Gospel                             Matthew 18: 15-20 GO AND FIND Friends, Peace and Goodness! Today is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) and the very first Sunday of September, the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. We have a justifiable reason to regard September as a month of Mary, at least on a minor level. Let us closely look at the readings today.  The first reading is from Ezekiel 33:7-9. Any reader of Ezekiel will be very quick in identifying that the passage is closely the sam...