Journey with Scripture

Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Galatians 1:13–24 Imagine being remembered for the worst thing you have ever done.

Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Galatians 1:6–12 Today we begin reading Saint Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 5:1–7; Philippians 4:6–9; Matthew 21:33–46 Every time I watch the news, I ask the same question: What is wrong with us?

Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Job 42:1–3, 5–6, 12–17 Today we finish our journey with the Book of Job.

Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Job 38:1, 12–21; 40:3–5 Throughout the Book of Job, Job longs to meet God.

Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Job 19:21–27 Job is suffering.

Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Job 9:1–12, 14–16 Job’s friends come to comfort him.

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels John 1:47–51 The world can sometimes feel as if it is falling apart.

Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Job 1:6–22 Today we begin reading the Book of Job.

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 18:25–28; Philippians 2:1–11; Matthew 21:28–32 Albert was lying in bed for many days.

Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:8 Today we come to the end of our journey with Qohelet.

Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Ecclesiastes 3:1–11 There is a time for everything.

Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Ecclesiastes 1:2–11 Today we begin reading the Book of Ecclesiastes, also called Qohelet.

Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest Proverbs 30:5–9 Today we hear a short passage from the Book of Proverbs.

Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Proverbs 21:1–6, 10–13 The Book of Proverbs is a book of wisdom.

Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 9:9–13 “He saw a man sitting at the tax booth.”

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 55:6–9; Philippians 1:20b–24, 27; Matthew 20:1–16 I once shared this Gospel with lay leaders in Lolotoe, East Timor.

Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 15:35–37, 42–49 Some Corinthians asked: How are the dead raised?

Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 15:12–20 When Saint Paul preached in Athens, he spoke about Jesus raised from the dead.

Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 At the heart of Christianity there is a story.

Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows 1 Corinthians 12:12–14, 27–31a There are many images for the Church.

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Numbers 21:4–9; Philippians 2:6–11; John 3:13–17 Everybody seems to know something about God.

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 27:33–28:9; Romans 14:7–9; Matthew 18:21–35 In 1999, a small village in East Timor was burned by pro-Indonesian militia.

Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 10:14–22 For us, the word “idolatry” can sound distant. But for Paul, idolatry was a daily reality.

Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 9:16–19, 22b–27 A river begins as a small stream.