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Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES The Liturgy of the Catholic Mass is the Best Evidence of God’s Loving Patience This episode explores the patient mercy of God revealed across the three readings — a patience that lets weeds grow with wheat, gives the Spirit to pray within our weakness, and welcomes us back to the altar again, and again, and again. First Reading (Wisdom 12:13, 16-19): God’s might is the source of...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES The Liturgy of the Catholic Mass is the Rich Soil, and We are the Seeds (15th Sunday of OT) – Year A This commentary opens up the agricultural imagery running through the readings God’s word as descending rain, creation groaning in labor, and seed scattered on rich soil, to show how the liturgy of the Mass is the fertile ground in which we are planted, watered, and grown into the...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES How the Liturgy Participates in Christ Jesus’ Call for the Conversion of Jews (14th Sunday of OT) – Year A This commentary walks through the Messianic prophecy of Zechariah, the limits of expecting a merely corporeal peace, and how the liturgy of the Mass joins Christ in calling every heart — including those who have not yet recognized Him — to find peace in Him. First Reading...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES The Fulfillment of the Liturgies of Shunem and Zarephath This commentary explores how the readings for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time reveal hospitality as a sacred threshold where God enters human life, and shows how the liturgy of the Mass becomes the most beautiful "room" God prepares for His people, welcoming us into the Father's household where hospitality is transformed...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES In the Liturgy of the Catholic Mass, Divine Justice and Peace Kiss This commentary explores how the readings for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time overturn the world’s assumption that justice and mercy are opposites, and shows how the liturgy of the Mass holds them together as a single divine harmony, justice as a flame that purifies and restores, mercy as God’s limitless generosity...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES How the Liturgy Communicates God’s Mercy of Reminder and Mission This episode explores the twin mercies that animate the readings for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the mercy of reminder and the mercy of mission, and shows how the liturgy of the Mass communicates them to us week after week. First Reading (Exodus 19:2-6): At Sinai, God reminds Israel of how He bore them up “on...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC LITURGIES The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ This episode unpacks the two manifestations of the Corpus Christi celebrated on this solemnity, the Holy Eucharist and the Church, and traces how our edible God has been feeding His people from the manna in the desert to the daily bread of the Holy Mass. First Reading (Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a): God recalls feeding His...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES THE DAVID L. GRAY MORNING SHOW The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – Year A This episode explores how the readings for Trinity Sunday reveal the very nature of God as a communion of love — and how the liturgy of the Mass draws us into that same relationship, friendship, and alliance with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. First Reading (Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9): At the renewal of the broken tablets, God...

Study, Pray, Contemplate REFLECTIONS ON READINGS AT MASS OUR THEOLOGY COURSES THE DAVID L. GRAY MORNING SHOW The Solemnity of Pentecost The Liturgy of the Catholic Mass Fulfills the Human Desire for Unity (Pentecost Sunday) | Saint Dominic's Media The Liturgy of the Catholic Mass is Preparing Us to be Martyrs (Pentecost Sunday) | Saint Dominic's Media LISTEN TO THE FULL AUDIO VERSION #1 LISTEN TO THE FULL AUDIO VERSION #2 THE CATHOLIC MIND:A Diagnostic Series for the Liturgical LifeClick Here...