[powerpress] Sunday August 24, 2014 Lectionary: 121 Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time (NAB Translation) Welcome to the Sunday Says podcast for August 24, 2014, the Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time. Thank you for joining us as we begin preparing our hearts and minds for Mass by diving deeper into the Word of God. … [Read More]
Sunday Says – August 3, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday August 03, 2014 Lectionary: 112 Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (NAB Translation) Welcome to the Sunday Says podcast for August 3, 2014, the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Thank you for joining us as we begin preparing our hearts and minds for Mass by diving deeper into the Word of… [Read More]
Sunday Says – July 6, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday Says Podcast – July 6, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections Sunday July 6, 2014 Lectionary: 100 Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (NAB Translation) We open up the Scriptures to hear God speak through Old Testament prophecies, in the Psalms of King David, the letters of St. Paul, and in the words of Jesus… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – June 15, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday June 15, 2014 Lectionary: 164 Solemnity of the most Holy Trinity (NAB Translation) Welcome to the Sunday Says podcast for June 15, 2014, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Thank you for joining us for a just a few minutes as we explore Sacred Scripture and reflect in depth on the mystery… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – April 27, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday April 27, 2014 Lectionary: 43 Second Sunday of Easter (NAB Translation) Divine Mercy Sunday Welcome to the Sunday Says podcast for the Second Sunday in Easter, April 27, 2014, Divine Mercy Sunday. Thank you for taking the time to join us as we dig more deeply into Scripture in this celebration of Easter,… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – February 16, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday Says Podcast – February 16, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections Sunday February 16, 2014 Lectionary: 76 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (NAB Translation) Welcome to the Sunday Says podcast for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 16, 2014. This Sunday’s readings focus on the Law as defined in the Old Testament and… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – January 19, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday Says Podcast – January 19, 2014 Mass Readings and Reflections Sunday January 19, 2014 Lectionary: 64 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (NAB Translation) Welcome to the Sunday Says podcast for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 19, 2013. We’re happy you’ve joined us here once again as we move through this period… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – December 29, 2013 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Sunday December 29, 2013 Lectionary 17 The Feast of the Holy Family (NAB Translation) Each year we have twelve official days of Christmas to contemplate the mystery of the incarnation and to meditate on the humanity of Christ as well as his divinity. The Feast of the Holy Family is one of the feasts… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – December 1, 2013 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] First Sunday in Advent Sunday December 1, 2013 (Jerusalem Translation) Liturgy of the Word (NAB Translation) Lectionary: 1 Each year we cycle through the liturgical seasons in order to contemplate God’s mysteries again and again, that over time we may gain a deeper level of understanding of these mysteries and that the insights revealed may have a… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – October 27, 2013 Mass Readings and Reflections
[powerpress] Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday October 27, Liturgy of the Word (NAB Translation) Lectionary: 150 Reading 1 Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 This week’s Old Testament reading comes from the book of Sirach also known as Ecclesiasticus (which means the Church’s book). This book of the Bible is not found in Protestant Bibles but was… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – September 29, 2013 Mass Readings and Reflection
[powerpress] Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Jerusalem Bible) Liturgy of the Word for September 29, 2013 (NAB) Lectionary: 138 Reflection begins at 5:34 minute mark. Sunday September 29, 2013 Reading 1: Amos 6:1,4-7 Amos was a prophet and a shepherd originally from the southern kingdom of Judah, who was sent by God to the northern kingdom… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – September 8, 2013 Mass Readings and Reflection
[powerpress] Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time http://universalis.com/mass.htm Sunday September 8, 2013 Reading 1: Wisdom 9:13-18b This week’s first reading comes from the book of Wisdom. This book is generally not found in non- Catholic bibles, but is part of our Canon of scripture and was used at the time of Christ. Here the author… [Read More]
When Words Distort
I’ve always been fascinated with the power words have to convey subtle shades of meaning. People are usually considered good communicators when they are able to “get to the point” without cluttering the air with lot of unnecessary words. There are times, however, when we deliberately avoid being direct. More often than we realize we… [Read More]
Jesus In the Church?
As viewed from the outside, it’s easy to see the Church as just another big and apparently inflexible institution. Many non-Catholics and even some Catholics no doubt ask the question as to whether the institutional Church is even necessary In his book, The Spirit of Catholicism, Karl Adam reminds us of the purpose and origin… [Read More]
Torn From Our Roots
“No way! The Catholic Church? You gotta be kiddin’ me.” No doubt you’ve heard a variation of that line before. So what in the world would motivate a person outside the Catholic Church to give it the slightest bit of consideration? There is a restlessness that drives people to seek relief through pleasure and distraction, but… [Read More]
Staring at the Walls
Continuing from the previous blog post on the Catholic classic, the Spirit of Catholicism– we continue to look at the introductory Chapter 1. In the introduction to his book,The Spirit of Catholicism, Karl Adam confronts the common misunderstandings of Catholicism that are derived from the remote viewpoint of those who study comparative religion, or look… [Read More]
The Catholic Church vs. the Early Church?
Continuing from the previous blog post on the Catholic classic, the Spirit of Catholicism- we continue to look at the introductory Chapter 1. One of the questions that we are sometimes called to answer is: “WHAT EXACTLY IS CATHOLICISM AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES?” Many people THINK they know the answer to this question. … [Read More]
The Spirit of Catholicism – “A Drive-By” (Pre-Introduction)
Despite the challenges that the Catholic Church experiences in the world today– including the fact that she faces an uphill battle against the current cultural climate — one thing is certain: she continues to survive. And in some places, including Austin, Texas, she even thrives. With the Church’s birthday, Pentecost, coming up this Sunday, it occurred to me that perhaps… [Read More]
Graduation Gifts
Our firstborn son is graduating from high school this June. I can still vividly remember the day we brought him home from the hospital in awe and wonder at the miraculous new life that we would be responsible raising and nurturing. We had no way of predicting the joys or the challenges we would face,… [Read More]
One-third of Fifty
Twelve Days of Christmas. Forty Days of Lent. Now Fifty Days of Easter. According to my calculations we are approximately one-third of the way through the Easter season. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) there doesn’t seem to be any popular song counting up the 50 Days of Easter. But maybe there should be…. [Read More]
Facing Easter
Easter, the primary and defining celebration of Christianity has arrived. Lent has passed and now we transition into a more joyful season as we celebrate the resurrection and reflect on what it actually means on a practical level. At the heart of the resurrection is the idea that nature can be defeated, that natural… [Read More]
In Praise of Ordinary Time
Every year between Christmas and Lent, the Church enters the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. Unfortunately the word “ordinary” doesn’t exactly inspire. And yet if we dig deeper into the Gospel Readings for Ordinary Time – we see what amazing value and practical application they have for our “ordinary” lives. The term “Ordinary” is a… [Read More]
Wishful Thinking
I saw a recent article in Forbes online magazine with the provocative headline, “Why Your New Year’s Resolution Will Fail by February 1.” The article goes on to say that if Gym Membership is an indicator, a third of resolutions are dropped by February 1. And while the Forbes headline seems cynical and maybe even… [Read More]
The Art of Making a Good Advent
During the past few years I have found that the first Sunday of Advent, much like its secular equivalent of New Year’s Day on January 1, is a great time of looking forward with hope and anticipation, a chance to “restart the spiritual clock” and to reflect on what we can do to better prepare… [Read More]
