15th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, July 13

 15th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, July 13

Exodus 2:1-15 / Matthew 11:20-24

Birth and early life of Moses; Moses fled to Midian 

14th Week, Ordinary Time, Friday, Jul 9

 14th Week, Ordinary Time, Friday, Jul 9

Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 / Matthew 10:16-23

Joseph meets his father: He wept a long time in his arms.

16th Sunday B: Be a Good Shepherd

  Michel DeVerteuil 

Textual Comments

14th Week: July 5-10:

 14^th Week: July 5-10:

July 5 Monday (St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest) 

The context: Today’s Gospel is a beautiful presentation of two miracles,

14th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, July 6

 14th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, July 6

Genesis 32:23-33 / Matthew 32-38

Jacob gets a new name; "You shall be called Israel.” 

14th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, July 5

 14th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, July 5

Genesis 28:10-22 / Matthew 9:18-26

Jacob has a dream; He saw the Lord.

15th Sunday B: Called and Sent out

  Thomas O’Loughlin

Introduction to the Celebration

We assemble as a people who have been called to be bearers of God’s love to all humanity.

Saints Peter and Paul -June 29

 
Starter Story:
The year was 1770, and in a small Italian church, two altar boys prepared for Benediction. Annibale Della Genga and Francesco Castiglioni entered the sacristy, put on their albs, and grabbed the heavy brass candlesticks. And then they began to bicker.

July 4th: American Independence Day

 July 4 Saturday (U. S. Independence Day reflections on next page): Matthew 9:14-17: 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is  taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 And no one puts a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.  17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is  put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” USCCB video reflections: http://www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/index.cfm

13th Week: June 28 – July 3:

 13^th Week: June 28 – July 3: 

June 28 Monday (St. Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr)

The context: Today’s Gospel passage explains the cost of Christian discipleship and the total commitment, wholehearted constancy, and sacrificial ministry that the Christian mission requires.