Sunday Readings

Jesus Christ in the Eucharistic host is an icon of the Beatitudes: poor, meek, and comforting.

The light of Jesus is dawning in the world, but we still have to repent one by one.

We each hear the same proclamation the apostles did by the Jordan, but with a new, even deeper meaning.

God said “This is my Son, in whom I am well pleased.” He says the same thing to each of us.

Epiphany is a time to reject all the icons we have and put Jesus in their place.

Be like Mary Bailey and Mary at Bethlehem: A secondary character who makes the hero’s victory possible.

Yes, it was “righteous” for him to decide to leave his pregnant wife, and we should imitate him.

After all, the least of us is greater than John the Baptist. Here is why.

Our conscience speaks up to us in the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A, telling us to repent and be ready for the clear-cutting operation God is preparing to make way for a new kingdom. Here are five takeaways for this Sunday drawn from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary

The Church puts us on high alert this Sunday, the First Sunday of Advent, Year A. It’s a celebration and anticipation and a caution, all in one. Here are four takeaways for this Sunday drawn from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast. First: The Gospel warns that the

Before we owe allegiance to any nation or party, we owe allegiance to Christ our King. Here is why.

Here are five takeaways for this Sunday’s unusual but highly revealing feast day.