12th Sunday, Year B, Second Reading (2 Corinthians 5:14-17)

14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we

The One Who Reconciles (Colossians 1:20)

20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Christ is responsible for the reconciliation of all things in the entire universe. As Margaret MacDonald puts it: “Creation occurs through Christ and the broken harmony of the universe has been restored

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Second Reading, Year B (Hebrews 9:11-15)

11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B, Second Reading (1 John 3:1-2)

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we

4th Sunday of Lent, Year B, Gospel Commentary (John 3:14-21)

Jesus said to Nicodemus: 14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his

Second Sunday of Lent, Year B, First Reading (Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18)

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” … 9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham

First Sunday of Lent, Year B, 2nd Reading (1 Peter 3:18-22)

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark

The Goal of Christians (Philippians 3:12-14)

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward

The Humble Christ (Philippians 2:8)

8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! Some people have misunderstood this passage as meaning that Jesus did not really become human but only appeared human. However, Paul clearly sees Jesus as both human and divine. According to Marcus Maxwell, the point

Feast of Christ Universal King, Second Reading (1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28)

20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then