There are only two groups of people in the Old Testament: there are the Jews; and everyone else. And everyone else is a Gentile.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 5th, 2025
The Book of Habakkuk is very short, only three chapters in length, but it is a rich prophecy concerning the impending doom of Judah at the hands of the Babylonians. Unfortunately, we are getting only a very small portion of that prophecy in this reading.
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 28th, 2025
Our readings this week deal, not only with social justice, but also with the culture of indifference. Read more in our latest blog post.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 21st, 2025
Amos was an 8th century B.C. prophet of the northern Kingdom of Israel, as opposed to the southern Kingdom of Judah, and is often referred to as “the prophet of social justice.” He is the earliest of the prophets with a book in his name.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 5th, 2025
The major themes of the Book of Wisdom are the splendor of God’s wisdom and the futility of human wisdom in relation to divine wisdom; and the splendor of the law that was given to God’s people through the events of the Exodus.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 31st, 2025
Our first reading this week is from the Book of Sirach, which is also known in our scriptures as the Book of Ecclesiasticus.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 24th, 2025
Our first reading this week comes from the last chapter of the Book of Isaiah and very probably cannot be attributed to Isaiah himself.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 17th, 2025
When considering the prophets of the Old Testament, there is an old saying that applies to them: “They bring comfort to the afflicted, and affliction to the comfortable.” We see the truth of that statement in our first reading. Jeremiah’s prophecy had so disturbed King Zedekiah and his princes that they threw Jeremiah into an empty well to die there.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 10th, 2025
As our first reading makes reference to the Passover (known beforehand to our fathers), it also makes reference to the Exodus which was initiated by the first Passover.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 31st, 2025
Well, are you depressed after our first reading from Ecclesiastes? Ecclesiastes says that everything in this life is vanity, a chase after wind.









