Sharing the Word

Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist October 18, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: 2 Timothy 4:10-17b In today’s First Reading we meet quite a cast of characters, all somehow connected with Paul. We have an unfaithful friend Demas, who has gone ...

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch October 17, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Romans 1:16-25 The Letter to the Romans is about salvation through faith. The gospel Paul preaches offers salvation through Christ, a crucified savior. Paul is not ashamed ...

Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time October 16, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Romans 1:1-7 The Lectionary now gives us extended readings from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Paul was not personally acquainted with many Christians in ...

Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time October 14, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Joel 4:12-21 Further interventions by God–further manifestations of “the day of the Lord.” First the nations will be brought to judgment. Their evil will be ...

Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time October 13, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2 The prophecies of Joel seem to have been proclaimed about 400 B.C., after the reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. There had been ...

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time October 12, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Malachi 3:13-20b The oracles of Malachi were delivered after the Jewish community began to return from Babylon between the time of Haggai and the reforms ...