Volume 19, Issue 21

34th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Feast of Christ the King

Reflection on the 1st Reading (Ezekiel 34:11-12,15-17)

Today you and I can safely celebrate this Feast of Christ the King as a good chance to gain proper insight into a traditional doctrine essential for Christianity, and extremely relevant to the Church-world relationship right now.

Volume 19, Issue 21

33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
“Happy are they who fear the Lord.”

Reflection on the 1st Reading (Prov 31:10-13,19-20,30-31)

King Solomon established a well-ordered government, provided for the security of the nation, took pains to advance his people culturally and promoted the common good. He also became known as the founder of a special form of wisdom literature.

Volume 19, Issue 20

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Reflection on the 1st reading (Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12)

Ezekiel may have been a young Jewish priest taken to Chaldea with about 10,000 exiles after the first siege of Jerusalem in 598 BC. There he was called by God, as he tells us. Like so many blessed young people, Ezekiel had visions and dreams. Just ask anyone you know who attended World Youth Day.

Volume 19, Issue 20

All Soul’s Day 

Reflection on the 1st reading (Wisdom 4:7-15)

The Book of Wisdom was written in Egypt between 80 and 50 BC by one of the many Jews living in a region influenced by Greek culture. In the last centuries BC, Greek culture spread by Alexander, had penetrated the Middle East. The Greeks had a new way of viewing freedom of the individual and nobility of spirit. They promoted scientific research and esteemed physical beauty and prowess highly.

Fr Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap, the Pontifical Household preacher, gave a reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 22:1-14 for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time. It is reproduced below.