Lectionary Reflections

Fourth Sunday of Lent [C], March 14, 2010 (Laetare Sunday) , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Joshua 5:9a, 10-12
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Calendar:
March 13: Pax Christi, an international Catholic peace organization, founded in France in 1945
March 14: Daylight Savings Time begins in the U.S. & Canada
March 17: Feast of Saint Patrick
March 19: Feast of Saint Joseph
March 19 & 20: anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq
March 20: First Day of Spring

Third Sunday of Lent [C], March 7, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15
1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12
Luke 13:1-9

Calendar:
March 8: International Women’s Day
March 13: Pax Christi, an international Catholic peace organization, founded in France in 1945
March 14: Daylight Savings Time begins in the U.S. & Canada

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Second Sunday of Lent [C], February 28, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
Philippians 3:17- 4:1 or 3:20 – 4:1
Luke 9:28b -36

Calendar:
March is Women’s History Month
March 4: Purim / Feast of Lots [Jewish]
March 8: International Women’s Day [See: http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm]

Quotes:

Only the path of dialogue can ensure a better and safer future for all.
--Benedict XVI, 8 January 2007

Lectionary Reflections

First Sunday of Lent [C], February 21, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13

Calendar:
February 20: World Day of Social Justice http://jpicformation.wikispaces.com/EN_20February

Quotes:

Each year, on the occasion of Lent, the Church invites us to a sincere review of our life in light of the teachings of the Gospel.
--Benedict XVI, Message for Lent 2010

Lectionary Reflections

Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Joel 2:12-18
2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2
Matthew 6:1-6,16-18

Quotes:

We must reject the temptation to offer a privatized and individualistic spirituality.
--John Paul II, Message for Lent at the End of the Jubilee Year

The Christian message does not inhibit men and women from building up the world, or make them disinterested in the welfare of their fellow human beings: on the contrary it obliges them more fully to do these very things.
--Vatican II, Gaudiam et Spes, 34

Lectionary Reflections

Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], February 14, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Jeremiah 17:5-8
1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20
Luke 6:17, 20-26

Calendar:
February 11: World Day of the Sick
February 12: Anniversary of Sr. Dorothy Stang's death in Brazil in 2005
February 12 – 28; Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada
February 14: St. Valentine’s Day
February 15: Presidents’ Day
February 17: Ash Wednesday, start of Lent

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], February 7, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

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Lectionary Reflections

Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], January 31, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19
1 Corinthians 12:31--13:13 or 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Luke 4:21-30

Calendar:
January 31 - February 6: Catholic Schools Week
February 2, Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)
February 7, The Super Bowl (Not a “religious” event but the American context into which we preach the word.)

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time [C], January 24, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10
1 Corinthians 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27
Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21

Calendar:
January 18 – 25: Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity http://www.geii.org/wpcu_index.htm January 21-22: National prayer vigil for life, Washington, DC.
January 27: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 31 - February 6: Catholic Schools Week

Quotes:

Lectionary Reflections

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time [C] January 17, 2010 , by: Fr. John Bucki, S.J.

Readings:
Isaiah 62:1-5
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
John 2:1-11

Calendar:
January is Poverty in America Awareness Month www.povertyusa.com
January 10-16: National Vocation Awareness Week http://www.usccb.org/vocations/
January 18 – 25: Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity http://www.geii.org/wpcu_index.htm
January 18: Martin Luther King Day observed

Quotes: