Category: Weekly Study Notes for the Sunday Mass
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 63: 06/08/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for Pentecost Sunday. We open with the first reading from Acts that chronicled the Day of Pentecost, when God sent the Holy Spirit to indwell the believers in the early church. Then we move on to the second reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians and…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 61: 06/01/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we will see in the first reading the murderous reaction of the Jews to Stephen’s message in the Book of Acts. Then, we will continue the study from previous weeks in the Book of Revelation and conclude with the Gospel reading, where we see Jesus’ prayer…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 57: 05/25/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week’s study is long but important. We challenge our readers to stick with it, as we think you will find great rewards in doing so. The first reading from Acts records the findings of an important meeting in the church called the Jerusalem Council. After this, we…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 54: 05/18/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we begin with a reading from the book of Acts. The full title for the book is The Acts of the Apostles, relating the beginnings of the church that Christ established. Today’s reading involves a portion of one of the Apostle Paul’s missionary journeys. By contrast,…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 51: 05/11/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we will study readings from the Book of Acts, Revelation, and the Gospel of John. We will go into some great depth on the first two readings. We hope you both enjoy and learn something from our study this week and you are forever spoiled for…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 48: 05/04/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass Notes. This week, we will examine how the apostles were energized through God’s power in the Book of Acts. In the Gospel reading, we will discover how Jesus restored Peter’s position after his denial of Him during his trial. We will also examine a reading from the Book of…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 45: 04/27/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we open with a reading from the earliest history of the church, the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, relating their ministry in the very first weeks of the newly created Church after Pentecost and the Holy Spirit’s descent upon those earliest believers. The second…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 42: 4/20/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. On this joyful day of celebration, we remember how God raised His Son, our Savior, Jesus, from the dead. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, we have eternal life through faith in His finished work on the cross. Accordingly, this week’s readings answer some of the most critical questions…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 37 – 38: 04-13-2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for Palm Sunday. This week, we open the reading with the procession of the palms. Then we move to the first reading that gives us a glimpse of the Suffering Servant, the Messiah. The second reading shows the humility of Jesus, who came to fulfill the Old Testament…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 33: 03-30-2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we open with a reading from Joshua. The successor to Moses, Joshua, was one of only two of the original multitude that left Egypt and entered the Promised Land. His leadership accomplished the Land’s conquest with victories, defeats, and noted events. The Apostle Paul’s Second Letter…