sunday scripture

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29

Hebrews 12:17-18, 20, 28-29

Luke 14:1, 7-14 

"Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind ..."

Today our Lord is encouraging us to choose humility in our relationships with God and with our neighbor.

21st Sunday in ordinary time 

Many years ago, a friend of mine, a Protestant minister, asked me if I am saved, and I replied, "Not yet!"

Feast of the Assumption

August 15

Revelation 11:19a,12;1-6a,10ab

1 Corinthians 15:20-27

Luke 1:39-56 

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom 18:6-9

Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19

Luke 12:32-48 

If you want to know something about your future, check out today's readings. In the first reading the author of Wisdom tells us: "The night of the Passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage."

18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23
Collosians 3:1-5, 9-11
Luke 12:13-21 

Those are not my words but the words of Jesus, my Judge, who is headed my way!

God's word today forces us to ask ourselves: "To whom do we belong, to our possessions or to our God? To whom do our possessions belong, to us or to our God?"