Sententiae Patristicae: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Job 7:1–4, 6–7Second Reading 1 Corinthians 9:16–19, 22–23Gospel Mark 1:29–39St. Augustine--life on earth is a trial:Quite...
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The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Leviticus 13:1–2, 44–46Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1Gospel Mark 1:40–45St. Augustine--St. Paul pleases men in order to...
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The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Isaiah 43:18–19, 21–22, 24b–25Second Reading 2 Corinthians 1:18–22Gospel Mark 2:1–12St. Cyprian--Isaiah foretells the coming of...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: First Sunday of Lent, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Genesis 9:8–15Second Reading 1 Peter 3:18–22Gospel Mark 1:12–15For the Gospel, see also parallels in Year A and Year C.St....
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The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Genesis 22:1–2, 9a, 10–13, 15–18Second Reading Romans 8:31b–34Gospel Mark 9:2–10For the Gospel, see also parallels at Lent 2,...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Third Sunday of Lent, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Exodus 20:1–17 or Exodus 20:1–3, 7–8, 12–17Second Reading 1 Corinthians 1:22–25Gospel John 2:13–25St. Augustine--the commands of...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading 2 Chronicles 36:14–16, 19–23Second Reading Ephesians 2:4–10Gospel John 3:14–21For the Gospel, see also Trinity Sunday, Year...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Palm Sunday, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryProcession:Gospel Mark 11:1–10 or John 12:12–16Mass:First Reading Isaiah 50:4–7Second Reading Philippians 2:6–11Gospel Mk 14:14–15:47For the...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Second Sunday of Easter, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Acts 4:32–35Second Reading 1 John 5:1–6Gospel John 20:19–31For the Second Reading, see Baptism of the Lord, Year B. For the...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Third Sunday of Easter, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Acts 3:13–15, 17–19Second Reading 1 John 2:1–5aGospel Luke 24:35–48For the Gospel, see Easter Sunday, Year CSt. John...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Acts 9:26–31Second Reading 1 John 3:18–24Gospel John 15:1–8St. Augustine on 1 Jn 3:21, 22:“If our heart condemn us not, then...
View ArticleSententiae Pastristicae: Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Acts 10:25–26, 34–35, 44–48Second Reading 1 John 4:7–10Gospel John 15:9–17St. Augustine on Ac 10:44-48 and the necessity of...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Ascension, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Acts 1:1–11Second Reading Ephesians 1:17–23 or Ephesians 4:1–13 or Ephesians 4:1–7, 11–13Gospel Mark 16:15–20For the First...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Ezekiel 17:22–24Second Reading 2 Corinthians 5:6–10Gospel Mark 4:26–34St. Polycarp--knowing that we will be judged, let us serve...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Birth of John the Baptist
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Isaiah 49:1–6Second Reading Acts 13:22–26Gospel Luke 1:57–66, 80For the First Reading, see Ordinary Time 2, Year A.St. John...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Wisdom of Solomon 1:13–15, 2:23–24Second Reading 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13–15Gospel Mark 5:21–43 or Mark 5:21–24, 35b–43St....
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Ezekiel 2:2–5Second Reading 2 Corinthians 12:7–10Gospel Mark 6:1–6For the Gospel, see also the parallel passage from Luke at...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Exodus 16:2–4, 12–15Second Reading Ephesians 4:17, 20–24Gospel John 6:24–35St. Ambrose--the sacraments of the Church are more...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading 1 Kings 19:4–8Second Reading Ephesians 4:30–5:2Gospel John 6:41–51St. Augustine--the forty fast of Moses, Elijah and Christ...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–8Second Reading James 1:17–18, 21b–22, 27Gospel Mark 7:1–8, 14–15, 21–23St. John Chrysostom--the Pharisees...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Isaiah 35:4–7aSecond Reading James 2:1–5Gospel Mark 7:31–37St. Justin Martyr--Christ is the spring of living water in the...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Isaiah 50:5–9aSecond Reading James 2:14–18Gospel Mark 8:27–35St. Athanasius--the impassible Word takes our sufferings upon...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Numbers 11:25–29Second Reading James 5:1–6Gospel Mark 9:38–43, 45, 47–48St. John Chrysostom--our envy of those who do the work...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading Wisdom of Solomon 7:7–11Second Reading Hebrews 4:12–13Gospel Mark 10:17–30 or Mark 10:17–27Origen--Christ as sword:The texts of...
View ArticleSententiae Patristicae: Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Fathers of the Church on the Readings of the LectionaryFirst Reading 1 Kings 17:10–16Second Reading Hebrews 9:24–28Gospel Mark 12:38–44 or Mark 12:41–44For the second reading, see also Ascension,...
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