Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 36 Care of the Sick
Mass: Am 7:12-15; Resp Ps 85; Ep 1:3-14; Mk 6:7-13


Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two.



Just think how much more ground the Twelve

Readings of the day: RB 5:1-13Mass: Jm 4:13-17; Resp Ps 49/Mt 5:3; Mk 9:38-40

Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!(Resp Ps 49/Mt 5:3)
Pope Francis writes about this Beatitude and its relationship to holines

Saint Frances of Rome (1384-1440)
Readings of the day: RB 31:13-19Mass: Ho 14:2-10; Resp Ps 81; Mk 12:28-34


You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.You shall l

Readings of the day: RB 28 The Treatment of Those Who RelapseMass: 2 K 5:1-15ab; Resp Ps 42-43; Lk 4:24-30 

But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.
Picture if you will the scene in today’s Gospel. I see this: Jesus speaks to the people. He challenges their way of thinking and doing. Not liking what J

Readings of the day: RB 7:59Mass: 1 Kings 10:1-10; Resp. Psalm 37; Mark 7:14-23