Sunday School; A Pillar Bible Study

Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including Elijah’s encounter with God on Mount Horeb and Matthew’s account of Jesus walking on water.

Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:10.

Reading 1 - 1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-13a

Psalm 85: 9-14

Reading 2 - Romans 9: 1-5

Gospel - Matthew 14: 22-33

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Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look back over the readings from the last several weeks to provide a framework for the readings we will hear on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

This episode of Sunday School is brought to you by SDS Accent Services, supporting priests and seminarians with accent services and vocal improvement, to help them convey the deposit of faith and administer the sacraments to those entrusted to their spiritual care.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:00.

Reading 1 - Isaiah 55: 1-3

Psalm 145: 8-9, 15-16, 17-18

Reading 2 - Romans 8: 35, 37-39

Gospel - Matthew 14: 13-21

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Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including the complicated figure of King Solomon and more parables about the kingdom of heaven in the Gospel of Matthew.

This episode of Sunday School is brought to you by the Pillar’s exclusive breviary sponsor, Ascension Press, publisher of the new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 5:45.

Reading 1 - 1 Kings 3: 5, 7-12

Psalm 119: 57, 72, 76-77, 127-130

Reading 2 - Romans 8: 28-30

Gospel - Matthew 13: 44-52

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Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including a reading from Wisdom and Jesus’ telling of several subversive parables about the kingdom of God.

This episode of Sunday School is brought to you by the Pillar’s exclusive breviary sponsor, Ascension Press, publisher of the new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:40.

Reading 1 - Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19

Psalm 86: 5-6, 9-10, 15-16

Reading 2 - Romans 8: 26-27

Gospel - Matthew 13: 24-43

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Join Dr. Scott Powell and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including an eschatological prophecy in Isaiah where God welcomes Israel home with a banquet, the theological climax of St. Paul’s letter to the Roman’s. In Matthew, Jesus begins to speak in parables.

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Reading 1 - Isaiah 55: 10-11

Psalm 65: 10-14

Reading 2 - Romans 8: 18-23

Gospel - Matthew 13: 1-23

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Join Dr. Scott Powell and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including an eschatological vision in Zechariah and Jesus’ word of warning to Jewish Zealots.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 5:05.

Reading 1 - Zechariah 9:9-10

Psalm 145: 1-2, 8-11, 13-14

Reading 2 - Romans 8: 9, 11-13

Gospel - Matthew 11: 25-30

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Dr. Scott Powell and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including Elisha’s promise to a benefactor and Jesus’ first mention of the cross in the Gospel of Matthew.

This episode is sponsored by the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:30.

Reading 1 - 2 Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16a

Psalm 89: 2-3, 16-17, 18-19

Reading 2 - Romans 6: 3-4, 8-11

Gospel - Matthew 10: 37-42

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Join Dr. Scott Powell and JD Flynn as they look ahead to the readings for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including Jeremiah’s lament in the face of persecution, a psalm of lament from David, and Jesus’ sending of the Apostles in the Gospel of Matthew.

This episode is brought to you by the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit.

This August, join leaders like you from across the Church for three days of inspiration, encouragement and equipping.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 7:25.

Reading 1 - Jeremiah 20: 10-13

Psalm 69: 8-10, 14, 17, 33-35

Reading 2 - Romans 5: 12-15

Gospel - Matthew 10: 26-33

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Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time— including God’s efforts to build Israel into a nation and St. Paul’s call for Christians in Rome to remember their royal identity.

You can find the first episode of Sunday School’s season about Romans here: An introduction to Romans.

This episode is sponsored by the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit.

This August, leaders like you from across the Church will gather for three incredible days.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 5:20.

Reading 1 - Exodus 19: 2-6a

Psalm 100: 1-2, 3, 5

Reading 2 - Romans 5: 6-11

Gospel - Matthew 9: 36—10:8

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Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for Corpus Christi— including Moses’ final words to a new generation preparing to enter the Promised Land and the famous Bread of Life Discourse in the Gospel of John.

This episode is sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute’s Reverent Liturgy Project.

Offering the practical wisdom of priests who have successfully adopted classically Catholic worship practices to priests who want to embark on the same journey but need a roadmap to get started.

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Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:30.

Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14b-16a

Psalm 147: 12-15, 19-20

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 10: 16-17

Gospel - John 6: 51-58

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