Sharing the Word

Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time June 9, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Mark 12:35-37 Jesus’ questioners have been asking him questions to lead him into trouble. Now Jesus takes the initiative himself and asks his own question. ...

Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time June 8, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Mark 12:28-34 After the hostile interventions by the people wanting to do Jesus in, Mark gives us a warm exchange between Jesus and the scribe ...

Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time June 7, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Tobit 3:1-11a, 16-17a The scripture writer tells us that Tobit was grief-stricken and he groaned and wept aloud. And yet he begins his prayers with, ...

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time June 6, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Tobit 2:9-14 The story of Tobit is about divine providence, but there’s a great deal of further religious instruction in it too. The book calls ...

Memorial of Saint Boniface June 5, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Tobit 1:3; 2:1a-8 The Lectionary next provides six readings from the Book of Tobit. However, we only hear two of them since Lent begins on Wednesday and the Lenten ...

Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions June 3, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Sirach 51:12cd-20 Sirach has sought wisdom through prayer and study, through instruction and purification from sin, and–most important of all–through ardent desire. In the process of ...