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Saints & Feasts Homilies & Readings

Saints & Feasts Homilies & Readings

By: Fr. Michael Black
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Saints & Feasts Homilies delivers Catholic reflections tied to the yearly cycle of Catholic Masses and rooted in the deepest of deep traditions.Copyright Fr. Michael Black Christianity Spirituality
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  • 6-28-26: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings Year A

    6-28-26: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings Year A
    Jun 27 2026
    13th Sunday Ordinarty Time Mass Readings

    A Reading from the Second Book of Kings

    One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he used to stop there to dine. So she said to her husband, “I know that Elisha is a holy man of God. Since he visits us often, let us arrange a little room on the roof and furnish it for him with a bed, table, chair, and lamp, so that when he comes to us he can stay there.” Sometime later Elisha arrived and stayed in the room overnight.Later Elisha asked, “Can something be done for her?” His servant Gehazi answered, “Yes! She has no son, and her husband is getting on in years.” Elisha said, “Call her.” When the woman had been called and stood at the door, Elisha promised, “This time next year you will be fondling a baby son.”

    Thanks be to God

    Responsorial Psalm

    R. Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

    The promises of the LORD I will sing forever,
    through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.
    For you have said, “My kindness is established forever;”
    in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.

    R. Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

    Blessed the people who know the joyful shout;
    in the light of your countenance, O LORD, they walk.
    At your name they rejoice all the day,
    and through your justice they are exalted.

    R. Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

    You are the splendor of their strength,
    and by your favor our horn is exalted.
    For to the LORD belongs our shield,
    and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

    R. Forever I will sing the goodness of the

    A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans

    Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God. Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.

    The Word of the Lord

    A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Matthew

    Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
    and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.""Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is a disciple— amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”

    The Gospel of the Lord
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  • 6-21-2026: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings

    6-21-2026: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings
    Jun 20 2026
    12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings

    A Reading from the Book of Jeremiah

    Jeremiah said: "I hear the whisperings of many: 'Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!' All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. 'Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him.' But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. O LORD of hosts, you who test the just,
    who probe mind and heart, let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause. Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, for he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked!"

    The Word of the Lord

    Responsorial Psalm

    R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
    For your sake I bear insult,
    and shame covers my face.
    I have become an outcast to my brothers,
    a stranger to my mother's children,
    Because zeal for your house consumes me,
    and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.

    R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
    I pray to you, O LORD,
    for the time of your favor, O God!
    In your great kindness answer me
    with your constant help.
    Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness;
    in your great mercy turn toward me.

    R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
    "See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
    you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
    For the LORD hears the poor,
    and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.
    Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
    the seas and whatever moves in them!''

    R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.

    A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans

    Brothers and sisters: Through one man sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned— for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world,
    though sin is not accounted when there is no law. But death reigned from Adam to Moses,
    even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come. But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ overflow for the many.

    The Word of the Lord

    A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Matthew

    Jesus said to the Twelve: "Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
    Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."

    The Gospel of the Lord
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    4 mins
  • 6-14-26: 11th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A Mass Readings

    6-14-26: 11th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A Mass Readings
    Jun 13 2026
    11th Sunday Ordinary Tiome Mass Readings

    A Reading from the Book of Exodus

    In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp. While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain, Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the LORD called to him and said, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself. Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine.
    You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”

    The Word of the Lord

    Responsorial Psalm

    R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock
    .
    Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
    serve the LORD with gladness;
    come before him with joyful song.

    R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

    Know that the LORD is God;
    he made us, his we are;
    his people, the flock he tends.

    R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

    The LORD is good:
    his kindness endures forever,
    and his faithfulness to all generations.

    R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

    A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans

    Brothers and sisters: Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood,
    will we be saved through him from the wrath. Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
    through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    The Word of the Lord

    A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Mark

    At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits
    to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
    Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.
    Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

    The Gospel of the Lord
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    4 mins
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