Tag: Day of the Lord
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Sunday, 10-30-2016
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week we look at a reading from Saint Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians and then the Gospel reading from Saint Luke. The first reading is from the Apocrypha and will not be covered.
Mass Study Notes for Sunday, 1-3-2016
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 1-3-2016. The gift-giving season of Christmas has just passed from our radar screens. However, the tradition of gift giving is found in each of the readings of the mass this week. In the Old Testament reading, we see that people will give gifts to Jesus, the King,…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 12-14-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 12-14-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Isaiah and then move to the second reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Thessalonians. Finally, we close with the Gospel lesson that is a continuation of the study from John’s Gospel that we began last week.
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 12-7-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 12-7-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Isaiah in which we see a prophecy about the coming of the forerunner who would announce the Messiah. Then we move to the second reading from Second Peter and close with the Gospel lesson from the first…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 11-30-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-30-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Isaiah 63 in which we include a great deal of the surrounding context and learn about God’s frustration with the Jewish people during this era. Then we move to the second reading which is the opening verses…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 11-23-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-23-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Ezekiel in which we see the contrast between the ungodly shepherds and God the Good Shepherd. We include a great deal of the surrounding verses in order to help us to understand the meaning of the reading…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 11-9-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-9-2014. This week we open with the first reading from the Prophet Ezekiel. Then we move to the second reading from Second Corinthians Chapter 3. Then we close with the Gospel lesson from the Second Chapter of John.
Mass Study Notes for Sunday January 5, 2014
The gift-giving season of Christmas has just passed from our radar screens. But the tradition of gift giving is found in each of the readings of the mass this week. In the Old Testament reading, we see that people will give gifts to Jesus, the King, who will reign on earth during His second advent.…