Sunday Setup

We take a look at the first of four options available for readings at Christmas Mass: the marriage imagery of Isaiah, the synagogue speech of St. Paul, and the genealogy of St. Matthew's Gospel. Isaiah 62:1-5 / Acts 13:16-17, 22-25 / Matthew 1:1-25

A word play on "house," a promise fulfilled, and a sentence we hear each weekend at Mass all discussed in this week's Sunday Setup! 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 / Romans 16:25-27 / Luke 1:26-38

A prophet standing up for himself, a bunch of people "prophesying," and a wild man out baptizing are all the subject of this week's readings at Mass. Isaiah 61:1-2A, 10-11 / 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 / John 1:6-8, 19-28.

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Comfort in exile, some scoffers scoffing, and the Jordan River are all part of our readings this weekend. Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 / 2 Peter 3:8-14 / Mark 1:1-8

We begin Year B of the three-year cycle of readings this week with Isaiah, St. Paul, and the Gospel of Mark. Isaiah 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7 / 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 / Mark 13:33-37

Shepherds, farmers, soldiers, sheep, and goats: quite a collection for this weekend's readings! Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 / 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 / Matthew 25:31-46

A virtuous woman, a Day of the Lord, and a slave with a digging problem in this week's episode. Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31  / 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 / Matthew 25:14-30

An encounter with Wisdom, a timeless question answered by St. Paul, and a clarification on those 10 virgins' "lamps" is all in this week's episode.  Wisdom 6:12-16 / Psalm 63 / 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 / Matthew 25:1-13

With All Saints Day falling on a Sunday, the 144,000 elect of the Book of Revelation & the difference between Mount Sinai and the Mount of Beatitudes is discussed. Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 / Psalm 24 / 1 John 3:1-3 / Matthew 5:1-12A

This weekend's readings at Mass: Exodus 22:20-26 / Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 / 1 Thessalonians 1:5C-10 / Matthew 22:34-40