The Word

June 22, 2025, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: This Sunday’s readings call the faithful to reconsider the most holy body and blood of Christ in light of extreme divisions facing our country and world.

June 15, 2025, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: No persons of faith exist in isolation, and every individual being lives in relationship to others.

June 8, 2025, Pentecost Sunday, Vigil Mass: The readings and prayers of this extended liturgy can inspire a heightened experience of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the faithful and rekindle a sense of the intensity of the Spirit.

June 1, 2025, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: Starting from the Jerusalem Temple, Gospel joy moves from its own center out to the nations.

May 25, 2025, the Sixth Sunday of Easter: This Sunday’s readings offer practical, mystical and spiritual resources that the new pope will have to rely on and remember during his ongoing governance of a community of faith that has stood the test of time.

May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter: This Sunday’s second reading from Revelation resolves the tension raised in last Sunday’s reading about the gap between heaven and earth.

May 11, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Easter: The theme of God as shepherd comes through in each of the readings this Sunday.

May 4, 2025, the Third Sunday of Easter: Pope Francis’s recent death invites reflection on the office of Peter’s successor. This Sunday’s readings, meanwhile, are grounded in the shifting experiences of Peter the Apostle.

April 27, 2025, the Second Sunday of Easter: The most astonishing lesson of divine mercy appears in this Sunday’s Gospel reading. Jesus forgives the disciples who abandoned him.

April 20, 2025, Easter Vigil of the Lord’s Resurrection: The celebration of the Lord’s resurrection is different depending on where you live.