Daily Scripture Analysis

  • First Sunday – Year A – Advent

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download First Sunday – Year A – Advent          Readings: Isa 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44. 1/ Reading I: RSV Isaiah 2:1 The word which Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, 3 and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let … Read more

  • Saturday – Thirty-fourth Week – OT1

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Thirty-fourth Week – OT1 Readings: Dan 7:15-27; Lk 21:34-36. Reading 1 (Dan 7:15-27): I, Daniel, found my spirit anguished within its covering of flesh, and I was terrified by the visions of my mind. I approached one of those present and asked him what all this meant in truth; in answer, he made known to me the meaning of the things: “These four great beasts stand for four kingdoms which shall arise on the earth. But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingship, to … Read more

  • Friday – Thirty-fourth Week – OT1

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Friday – Thirty-fourth Week – OT1 Readings: Dan 7:2-14; Lk 21:29-33. Reading 1 (Dan 7:2-14): In a vision I, Daniel, saw during the night, the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea, from which emerged four immense beasts, each different from the others. The first was like a lion, but with eagle’s wings. While I watched, the wings were plucked; it was raised from the ground to stand on two feet like a man, and given a human mind. The second was like a bear; it was raised … Read more

  • Thanksgiving Day – November 23rd

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thanksgiving Day – November 27th   Readings: Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19. 1/ Reading I: RSV Sirach 50:22 And now bless the God of all, who in every way does great things; who exalts our days from birth and deals with us according to his mercy. 23 May he give us gladness of heart, and grant that peace may be in our days in Israel, as in the days of old. 24 May he entrust to us his mercy! And let him deliver us in our days! 2/ … Read more

  • Wednesday – Thirty-fourth Week – OT1

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Wednesday – Thirty-fourth Week – OT1 Readings: Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Lk 21:12-19. Reading 1 (Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28): King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, with whom he drank. Under the influence of the wine, he ordered the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, to be brought in so that the king, his lords, his wives and his entertainers might drink from them. When the gold and silver vessels taken from the house … Read more

  • Tuesday – Thirty-fourth week – OT1

    Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Thirty-fourth week – OT1   Readings: Dan 2:31-45; Lk 21:5-11. 1/ First Reading: RSV Daniel 2:31 “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 32 The head of this image was of fine gold, its breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human … Read more

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