Browsing the February 2014 archive of Blog, Gospel Readings & Homilies

Deacon Neil’s “Gospel Question of the Week” (Matthew 5: 38-48)...Weekend of 2/22-23/2014...The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by maureen fogarty on 2/22/14

Deacon Neil’s “Gospel Question of the Week” (Matthew 5: 38-48)...Weekend of 2/22-23/2014...The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time...In this week’s Gospel, a continuation of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, he tells us how we should react when someone has hurt or offended us.  He refers to the Hebrew law about ... Read More »

Deacon Neil’s “Gospel Question of the Week” (Matthew 5: 20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37)…Weekend of 2/15-16/2014…The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Posted by maureen fogarty on 2/12/14

Deacon Neil’s “Gospel Question of the Week”  (Matthew 5: 20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37)…Weekend of 2/15-16/2014…The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time.   Jesus is speaking to us today about reverence for and obedience to the law – the law given by God to be our direction for a good life.  It ... Read More »

Deacon Neil’s “Gospel Question of the Week” (Matthew 5:13-16)…Weekend of 2/8-9/2014…The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by maureen fogarty on 2/04/14

Deacon Neil’s “Gospel Question of the Week”  (Matthew 5:13-16)…Weekend of 2/8-9/2014…The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time….In this week’s Gospel, we hear Jesus speak to his followers and calling them “the light of the world” and “the salt of the earth.”  Jesus always used very simple and homey examples to ... Read More »