First Reading - Acts 10:34,37-43Second Reading - Colossians 3:1-4Gospel - John 20:1-9
A Sunday school teacher had just finished telling her third graders about how Jesus was crucified and laid in a tomb sealed with a great stone. Wanting to share the…
First Reading - Acts 1:1-11 Second Reading - Ephesians 4:1-13Gospel - Mark 16:15-20
There is the funny story of the raw army recruit standing at attention on the drill field. The drill instructor yells, “Forward, march!” And the entire ranks begin to…
First Reading - Exodus 20:1-17Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 Gospel - John 2:13-25
The story is told of a priest who was coming back to his parish house one evening in the dark only to be accosted by a robber who pulled a gun at him and deman…
First Reading - Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18 Second Reading - Romans 8:31-34 Gospel - Mark 9:2-10
A certain missionary on a study trip to the Holy Land was visiting Jaffa (Joppa) where Peter was residing when he baptized Cornelius (Acts 10). The breath-…
First Reading - Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46
Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Gospel - Mark 1:40-45
Today’s gospel passage demonstrates that the sick and the maimed are not to be considered as objects of scorn, but potential reservoirs of God’s me…
First Reading - Job 7:1-4,6-7 Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23
Gospel - Mark 1:29-39
This controversial best seller (which was later proved to be a “fake-memoir” of the recovering addict hero, James Frey), begins with a challenging anecdo…
First Reading - Jonah 3:1-5,10 Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31Gospel - Mark 1:14-20
J. Edwin Orr, a professor of Church history has described the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the Protestant Welsh Revivals of the nineteenth centur…
First Reading - Wisdom 6:12-16 ·
Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Gospel - Matthew 25:1-13
A Sunday school teacher was testing the children in her class one morning to see if they understood the concept of “getting to Heaven.” She said, “I…
First Reading - Malachi 1:14-2:2,8-10Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9,13 Gospel - Matthew 23:1-12
The story has been told of a lion who was very proud. He decided to take a walk one day to demonstrate his mastery over all the other creatures. …
First Reading - Exodus 22:20-26 Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Gospel - Matthew 22:34-40
In the second century AD, a non-Christian named Aristides wrote to the Emperor Hadrian about the Christians. He said, “Christians love one another. Th…
First Reading - Ecclesiasticus 27:33-28:9
Second Reading - Romans 14:7-9 Gospel - Matthew 18:21-35
A man was bitten by a dog. Later it was discovered that the dog had rabies. This was back when there was no cure for rabies. His doctor brought him the…
SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARYFirst Reading - Revelation 11:19,12:1-6,9Second Reading - I Corinthians 15:20-26Gospel - Luke 1:39-56
Miss Holycheek, the Catholic Sunday school teacher, had just finished explaining the feast of the Assumption to h…
First Reading - Exodus 19:2-6 Second Reading - Romans 5:6-11 Gospel - Matthew 9:36-10:8
There is a legend about a little fish who overheard fishermen say that a fish needed water to live. The little fish became worried and started hunting for water.…
First Reading - Acts 8:5-8,14-17 Second Reading - 1 Peter 3:15-18
Gospel - John 14:15-21
Once a tribesman who lived in a forest found the egg of an eagle, took it home and hatched it along with other chicken eggs. The eaglet started growing along wi…
First Reading - Acts 10:34,37-43Second Reading - Colossians 3:1-4Gospel - John 20:1-9
A Sunday school teacher had just finished telling her third graders about how Jesus was crucified and placed in a tomb with a great stone sealing the opening. Then…