Readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 5:1-7; Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43
I once had a very observant teen lean over (in the middle of Mass) and ask me, “Hey Mark, what does the “IHS” stand for on the gold box up there?”
The gold box he was referring to was the tabernacle, where the Blessed Sacrament (Jesus, fully present in the Eucharist) is reserved. While the middle of Mass wasn’t the best time to stop and give a lesson on Greek or Church history, I have to say I was proud of him for asking.
Most of us see things like I.H.S. all over our churches and sacred vessels, but don’t really stop to ask what it means.
I.H.S. stands for Incarnation High School … it’s the high school prep academy where Jesus went, just outside of Nazareth. Their mascot is the fightin’ footwashers …
Readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ez 18:25-28; Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32
Well, another new football season is under way and it got me to thinking about how the Catholic Mass can be a lot like a football game, if we look at it the right way …
Readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a
Many of you have probably had beautiful experiences of the Mass. You have Life Teen at your parish and with it a vibrant Youth Liturgy with good music and preaching. But what happens when we go on vacation or off to college and that dynamic celebration of Mass is nowhere to be found?
To start out our fall Mass theme, we bring you … drum roll please … a video about ushers! They’re so dedicated to helping out at Mass, we thought they deserved their own video. Enjoy this classic, and don’t forget – you can also be an usher one day, as long as you promise to “dress for success.”
So that’s it. Our summer theme of friendship is over. We’re never going to talk about friends again so I hope that you were completely satisfied with everything we did. That sentence was sarcastic.
This sentence isn’t: Our fall theme is the Mass! And you can’t talk about the Mass without talking about the Eucharist, so that’ll be a big part of our theme too.
Readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sir 27:30-28:7; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12; Rom 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35
Readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ez 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20
Readings for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27
Readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 56:1, 6-7; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28
Readings for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Psalm 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33
Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21
Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 55:10-11; Psalm 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9
One of my favorite things to do is workout. Whether at a gym, running outside, or doing P90X in my home, I love getting my body into shape. (Now, if only I could work on my eating habits a little bit). For me there’s just something about the discipline it takes, the feeling I get at the end, and the little results I can see that show me that I am getting healthier.
Readings for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58
Readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18
Readings for Pentecost Sunday: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23
