EASTER SUNDAY First Reading: Acts 10:34.37-43 Psalm: 117:1-2.16-17.22-23 Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 Gospel: John 20:1-9 “Tell us Mary: say what thou didst see upon the way. The tomb of the living did enclose; I saw Christ’s glory as He rose! […] Christ, my hope, has risen […] That Christ has risen from the dead […]
Easter Triduum 2021 Good Friday “When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, and the two criminals also, one on the right, the other on the left” (Lk 23:33). Three men are crucified in the place called Golgotha (The Skull). They all are subjected to the same sentence of […]
PALM SUNDAY 2021 First reading: Isaiah 50:4-7 Psalm: 21:8-9.17-20.23-24 Second reading: Philippians 2:6-11 Gospel: Mark 14:1-15:47 Today the liturgy invites us to reflect on the account of Jesus’ Passion. We are invited to go through two chapters of St Mark’s Gospel: from the anointing at Bethany, the Last Supper with the institution of the […]
Fifth Sunday of Lent First reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm: 50:3-4.12-15 Second reading: Hebrews 5:7-9 Gospel: John 12:20-30 The readings of this fifth Sunday of Lent help us to reflect on a quite interesting topic: making mistakes. In the first reading, the prophet Jeremiah tells us that the ancestors of the House of Israel […]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT First Reading: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16.19-23 Psalm: 136:1-6 Second reading: Ephesians 2:4-10 Gospel: John 3:14-21 Today’s Gospel reading is taken from Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus. Nicodemus is a pharisee, leader of the Jews: he comes to Jesus by night, to speak with him. It is interesting to see how Jesus […]
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT First reading: Ex 20:1-17 Psalm 18:8-11 Second reading: 1Cor 1: 22-25 Gospel: Jn 2:13-25 Has Jesus not been born in a poor and humble condition? Didn’t he say: “Learn from me: I am meek and humble of heart”? Nevertheless, the Gospel of this third Sunday of Lent shows us […]
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT First Reading: Genesis 22:1-2.9-13.15-18 Psalm: 115:10.15-19 Second Reading: Romans 8:31-34 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 The Gospel reading of the Second Sunday of Lent is about Jesus’ transfiguration. “Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone by themselves. There in […]
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B First reading: Genesis 9:8-15 Psalm: 24(25):4-6,7b Second reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22 Gospel: Mk 1:12-15 Today’s Gospel tell us about Jesus’ forty days in the desert and the beginning of his ministry in Galilee. St Mark’s description of Jesus’ temptations in the desert is very brief. The […]
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary time First reading: Jb 7:1-4,6-7 Psalm: 146(147):1-6 Second reading: 1 Cor 9:16-19,22-23 Gospel: Mk 1:29- 39 Today’s Gospel shows the whole town of Capernaum gathering outside Peter’s house. These people truely believe that Jesus has the power to heal, to cast out demons and to save. The Gospels tell […]
Third Sunday of the Ordinary time First reading: Jonah 3:1-5,10 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 24(25):4-6,7b-9 Second reading: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Gospel: Mark 1:14-20 In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus walking along the shore of the lake of Galilee. He fixes his eyes on two groups of fishermen, two pairs of brothers, and invites them […]