DWRC

Today’s readings present salvation under the image of a feast prepared by God. Isaiah announces a mountain banquet in which the Lord destroys the veil of death and wipes away tears. Psalm 23 portrays the Lord as Shepherd who leads his people to nourishment and communion. Paul testifies that Christ gives him strength amid abundance […]

Saint Paul teaches that those who belong to Christ through faith and Baptism are children of God and heirs according to the promise. The Gospel then corrects an enthusiastic acclamation directed toward Jesus’ earthly family by identifying a deeper blessedness: hearing the word of God and keeping it. The two readings meet in the mystery […]

The General Roman Calendar now celebrates Saint John Henry Newman on October 9 as an optional memorial, and the Holy See has assigned proper readings for his celebration. Vatican Press+1 Sirach praises the learned person who meditates upon the law of God and communicates wisdom, while Psalm 40 presents obedience as a response to God’s […]

Saint Paul confronts the Galatians because they have begun to forget that Christian life is initiated and sustained by grace. They received the Holy Spirit through faith, yet they are tempted to rely upon themselves as though salvation could be completed by human effort. Jesus’ teaching on persevering prayer in Luke 11 gives the same […]