Sharing the Word

Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time August 30, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Matthew 23:27-32 Matthew’s 23rd chapter is a long denunciation of the iniquities of the scribes and Pharisees. The recurrent theme in Jesus’ censure is “hypocrites.” ...

Memorial of the Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist August 29, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Mark 6:17-29 Mark’s description of the martyrdom of the prophet John the Baptist is powerful. John was the greatest of all the prophets as ...

Memorial of Saint Augustine of Hippo August 28, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10 Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians is a document filled with newness and basics. It’s the oldest extant writing of Christianity. It’s the ...

Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time August 26, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17 Naomi and Ruth have returned to Naomi’s homeland. Ruth busies herself gathering up the leavings from the grain harvest. Meanwhile Naomi ...

Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time August 25, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22 Ruth is a story about family. Ruth is a foreigner, a Moabite woman married into an Israelite family which had ...

Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle August 24, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Revelation 21:9b-14 The feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle takes precedence over Ordinary Time. The reading from Revelation describes God’s kingdom with symbols of a new heaven, a ...