Lectionary Reflections

Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], September 5, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J

Readings:
Wisdom 9:13-18b
Philemon 9-10, 12-17
Luke 14:25-33

Calendar:
September 6: Labor Day in the United States
September 8: Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8: at sunset, the start of Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish New Year
September 11: Anniversary of the Terrorist Attacks of 2001

Quotes:

Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], August 29, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a
Luke 14:1, 7-14

Calendar:
August 26: Women’s Equality Day [The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote.]
August 27: One hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa
August 28: Martin Luther King Jr. gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963.
September 6: Labor Day in the United States

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], August 22, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Isaiah 66:18-21
Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13
Luke 13:22-30

Calendar:
August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition
August 26: Women’s Equality Day [The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote.]

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Feast of the Assumption of Mary, August 15, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
     Revelations 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab
     1 Corinthians 15:20-27
     Luke 1:39-56

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], August 8, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Wisdom 18:6-9
Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
Luke 12:32-48

Calendar:
August 6: Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima
August 9: Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb over Nagasaki
August 12: International Youth Day (A U.N. celebration)
See: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyouthday.htm

Lectionary Reflections

Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], July 25, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Genesis 18:20-32
Colossians 2:12-14
Luke 11:1-13

Calendar:
July 31: Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus

Quotes:

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
--Rabbi Abraham Heschel

Lectionary Reflections

Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], July 18, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Genesis 18:1-10a
Colossians 1:24-28
Luke 10:38-42

Calendar:
July 18: Birthday of Nelson Mandela
July 22: Feast of Mary of Magdala– Apostle to the Apostles

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], July 11, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Colossians 1:15-20
Luke 10:25-37

Calendar:
July 11 Anniversary of Srebrenica Slaughter in Bosnia (2010 is the 15th anniversary)
July 14: Feast of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha,
(the first Native American to be named blessed and the “patron saint of ecology and the environment”)
July 18: Birthday of Nelson Mandela

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], July 4, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Isaiah 66:10-14c
Galatians 6:14-18
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9

Calendar:
July 1: Canada Day
July 4: Independence Day in US

Quotes:

The hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance. And the Church, cut to the quick by this cry, asks each and every person to hear their brother or sister’s plea and answer it lovingly.
--Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, 3

Lectionary Reflections

Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], June 27, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21
Galatians 5:1, 13-18
Luke 9:51-62

Calendar:
June 22 – 26: US Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan http://www.ussf2010.org/
June 25 -- 26: G8 (& G20) Summit in Canada
July 1: Canada Day
July 4: Independence Day in US

Quotes:

Do not let a desire for wealth cause you to become so consumed by your work that you prevent happiness for yourself and your family.
--Thich Nhat Hanh