Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Year B, Gospel Commentary (Mark 14:12-16, 22-26)

You can find a commentary on the first reading here https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2021/06/04/solemnity-of-the-most-holy-body-and-blood-of-christ-1st-reading-exodus-243-8/ and on the second one here https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/solemnity-of-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-second-reading-year-b-hebrews-911-15/ On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B, First Reading (Jeremiah 31:31-34)

31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though

The Rebellious Prophet (Jonah 1:1-3)

The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed

Let Justice Roll (Amos 5: 18-27)

18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light. 19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only

11th Sunday, Year A, Gospel Commentary (Matthew 9:36-10:8)

36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” … Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, First Reading (Exodus 19:2-6)

The Israelites entered the Desert of Sinai, and camped there in the desert in front of the mountain. 3 Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: 4 ‘You yourselves have

“You Did Not Return to Me” (Amos 4:6-11)

6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord. 7 “I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none

Listen to God (Amos 3:1-2)

Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: 2 “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.” This section begins with a call to listen to God’s word. This particular format