Daily Mass Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112024.cfm In today’s first reading we continue with Revelation. Chapter four starts all of the symbolism of heaven and what awesome power is in heaven. My commentary said that the author is careful not to put human traits to God’s face but it does say we were created in his image. There is a lot…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111924.cfm Again we read from Revelation in the daily mass. Today, it is said to have zeal for the word, keep the commandments. Keep your garments white, from the Spirit. Do not be lukewarm. In the gospel, the head tax collector just wants to see Jesus pass by, so he climbs a sycamore tree. Jesus…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111824.cfm As we wrap up our liturgical year, we start Revelation today. In the first reading, the beginning of the book. “You have lost the love you had at first” The newness has worn off. Re-invigorate your love of Christ and repent! Amen! In the gospel, the blind man asks Jesus to have pity on…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111724.cfm Today’s first reading is from Daniel that predicts the coming of Jesus as the judgement day. The most striking verse is “some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace” In the second reading, Paul told the Hebrews that we have had the last sacrifice for sins and that is Jesus….

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111524.cfm Today’s first reading reminds us to love one another, keep the commandments, and beware the anti-Christ. He said it is nothing new to us. Keep the faith! I adore the psalm today: 119: R. (1b) Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!Blessed are they whose way is blameless,who walk in the law…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111624.cfm Today’s first reading said that we should keep the faith. We should support those striving to live by God’s law. We are coworkers in the truth, Jesus Christ. In the gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the persistent widow. Be persistent in prayer without becoming weary. Jesus asked, “when the Son of Man comes,…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111424.cfm Philemon’s servant goes to Paul in prison and Paul wants him to stay, but returns him. This is in the first reading today. Paul explained that the servant is not one to be punished, but revered. That is how Philemon’s people regarded servants of that day, helpers. In the gospel, Jesus explained that one…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111324.cfm In today’s first reading, Paul is still teaching Titus how to live for Jesus and he said that we are all hoping for eternal life. Amen! Be peaceable, considerate, exercising all graciousness toward everyone. All good things. God is good all the time! In the gospel, 10 lepers begging Jesus for healing. It must…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111224.cfm In today’s first reading, Paul instructs Titus on the way to live for Christ. Stay consistent. Older men, older women, and younger men are mentioned. How to live so that the word of God may not be discredited. There is a passage we use in Mass, “as we await the blessed hope” . He…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111124.cfm Paul tells Titus how he must live as God’s steward: “must be blameless, not arrogant,not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled, holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort…