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Dec. 1: First Sunday of Advent

This first Sunday of Advent is the beginning of a new liturgical year. It is also the year of Matthew’s Gospel when the worldwide church will hear passages each Sunday from this great Gospel.

Nov. 24: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

With Advent beginning next week, this Sunday is the big finale to the church’s yearlong liturgical calendar, and it ends with a burst of sheer praise for Jesus, the “king of the universe.”

Nov. 17: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Raging fires in California; chaos in Syria; anguish and confusion at our southern border; unrelenting political strife in our nation’s capital — this list of woes provides plenty of reasons to be anxious. No wonder opinion surveys report that many people have a sense of fear about the future.

Nov. 10: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

As we edge up to the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of Advent, the readings for this Sunday take a deep dive into one of our faith’s most powerful convictions — the belief that there is life beyond death.

Nov. 3: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

When speaking of the church’s mission to the world, Pope Francis likes to use the phrase, “the existential peripheries.” He says that the church should not be turned in on itself but should reach outward to the world it is called to serve, particularly to those who are suffering.

Oct. 27: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

No other evangelist captures the tang of Jesus’ parables better than Luke. This Sunday we have one of his best — the story of the pharisee and the tax collector — addressed, as the Gospel notes, “to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.”

Oct. 20: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Augustine, who already in the fourth century seems to have said everything worth saying, described prayer “as lifting your mind and heart to God.” The readings for this Sunday invite us to focus on the meaning of prayer.

Oct. 13: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Scriptures for this Sunday remind us how taboo leprosy was in the Bible. When reading the symptoms of leprosy described in detail in Leviticus 13, medical experts today suggest the disease was most likely a skin disease, perhaps an intense form of psoriasis, rather than Hanson’s disease or what is considered leprosy today.

Oct. 6: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Last fall when the clergy sex abuse issue roared back into the news with the release of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s scathing report, Catholic Theological Union held a “town hall” meeting with our students, staff and faculty. The idea was to offer people a chance to express thoughts and feelings about this terrible situation in our church — even more poignant at a school preparing future priests and lay ministers.

Sept. 29: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pope Francis is an extraordinary champion of the poor and vulnerable. In that vein, he often contrasts what he calls a “culture of indifference” with a “culture of encounter.”
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