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Word of God

Word of God

Each Sunday we hear the Word of God, the Sacred Scripture.  The first reading is usually taken from the Old Testament, the second reading is usually a reading from a letter of St. Paul and there is always a reading from a Gospel.  We stand for the proclamation of the...
New Heavens and Earth

New Heavens and Earth

It has been said that a prophet is someone who “comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.”  This saying describes well both Isaiah in our first reading and Jesus in today’s Gospel.  Isaiah “comforts the disturbed,” Israel suffering in Exile in Babylon.  The...
The Voice of God

The Voice of God

The prophet Jeremiah in today’s first reading calls us to hear the Voice of God.  Jeremiah becomes God’s mouthpiece, speaking the very words of God: “Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people.” Today’s reading is taken from Jeremiah’s...
Prophets

Prophets

Who are the true prophets and what does a prophet do?  True prophets are those who speak the word of God.  Both Elisha in today’s first reading and Jesus in today’s Gospel are prophets.  Elisha speaks not his own words but the words and message of God.  Jesus not only...
Rejection

Rejection

Both of today’s readings tell the story of rejection.  In the first reading from Genesis, Joseph is rejected by his other brothers.  His brothers “hated him” out of jealously because his father loved “Joseph best out of all his sons, for he was the child of his old...