Father Seán Loomis

Second Sunday of Advent First Reading: Baruch 5: 1-9 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Second Reading: Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11 Alleluia: Luke 3: 4, 6 Gospel: Luke 3: 1-6

Thursday of the First Week of Advent First Reading: Isaiah 26: 1-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118: 1 & 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent First Reading: Isaiah 25: 6-10a Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23: 1-3, 3b-4, 5, 6 Gospel: Matthew 15:29-37

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent First Reading: Isaiah 11: 1-10 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 72: 1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Gospel: Luke 10:21-24

Monday of the First Week of Advent First Reading: Isaiah 4: 2-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 122: 1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9 Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11

First Sunday of Advent First Reading: Jeremiah 33: 14-16 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25: 4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 Second Reading: First Thessalonians 3: 12 – 4: 2 Alleluia: Psalms 85: 8 Gospel: Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36

Thursday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Revelation 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 145: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 Gospel: Luke 21:20-28

Part 4 of a 4 part series on “The Four Last Things”. Listen to part 1 here! Listen to part 2 here! Listen to part 3 here! Christ the King Solemnity (Thirty-Fourth and Last Sunday in Ordinary Time) First Reading: Daniel 7: 13-14 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 93: 1abc, 1d-2, 5 Second Reading: Revelation 1: 5-8 Alleluia: Mark 11: 9, 10 Gospel: John 18: 33b-37

Part 3 of a 4 part series on “The Four Last Things” Listen to Part 1 here ! Listen to Part 2 here ! Read the full “Letter From Beyond (Hell)” here ! Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Daniel 12: 1-3 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 16: 5, 8, 9-10, 11 Second Reading: Hebrews 10: 11-14, 18 Alleluia: Luke 21: 36 Gospel: Mark 13: 24-32

Part 2 of a 4 part series on “The Four Last Things”. Listen to part 1 here ! www. ABVM.org Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: First Kings 17: 10-16 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 146: 7, 8-9, 9-10 Second Reading: Hebrews 9: 24-28 Alleluia: Matthew 5: 3 Gospel: Mark 12: 38-44 or Mark 12: 41-44

Part 1 of a 4 part series on ‘the four last things’. Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time- First Reading: Deuteronomy 6: 2-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 18: 2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 Second Reading: Hebrews 7: 23-28 Alleluia: John 14: 23 Gospel: Mark 12: 28b-34

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Jeremiah 31: 7-9 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Second Reading: Hebrews 5: 1-6 Alleluia: Second Timothy 1: 10 Gospel: Mark 10: 46-52

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Isaiah 53: 10-11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Second Reading: Hebrews 4: 14-16 Alleluia: Mark 10: 45 Gospel: Mark 10: 35-45 or Mark 10: 42-45

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 2: 18-24 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Second Reading: Hebrews 2: 9-11 Alleluia: First John 4: 12 Gospel: Mark 10: 2-16

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Numbers 11: 25-29 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 19: 8, 10, 12-13, 14 Second Reading: James 5: 1-6 Alleluia: John 17: 17b, 17a Gospel: Mark 9: 38-43, 45, 47-48

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Wisdom 2: 12, 17-20 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 54: 3-4, 5, 6 and 8 Second Reading: James 3: 16 – 4: 3 Alleluia: Second Thessalonians 2: 14 Gospel: Mark 9: 30-37

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Isaiah 50: 5-9a Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 116: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Second Reading: James 2: 14-18 Alleluia: Galatians 6: 14 Gospel: Mark 8: 27-35

What does it mean to be “the person who loves Jesus with integrity and an undivided heart?” This is what Fr. Loomis discusses in today’s homily. Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 15: 2-3, 3-4, 4-5 Second Reading: James 1: 17-18, 21b-22, 27 Alleluia: James 1: 18 Gospel: Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15,21-23

“We can see by precedent and power that the devil hates God’s covenants… The Eucharist IS THE NEW COVENANT- which is what the devil hates it… he will do all he can to keep us from the Eucharist.” Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Joshua 24: 1-2a, 15-17, 18b Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 34: 2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23 Second Reading: Ephesians 5: 21-32 or Ephesians 5: 2a, 25-32...

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Proverbs 9: 1-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 34: 2-3, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 Second Reading: Ephesians 5: 15-20 Alleluia: John 6: 56 Gospel: John 6: 51-58

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary First Reading: Revelation 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 45:10, 11, 12, 16 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Gospel: Luke 1:39-56

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: First Kings 19: 4-8 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Second Reading: Ephesians 4: 30 – 5: 2 Alleluia: John 6: 51 Gospel: John 6: 41-51

“Life is a constant juggling act. But if the Eucharist becomes a dispensable part of the juggle, then something is missing in our understanding of what Jesus is doing. The invitation is simple. As you consider your lives- the anxieties that you hold, the goals that you set, the hierarchy of values which determine your decisions… do they reflect belief in the Eucharist for all that it is? The sourc...

“…and that’s the way it went. That’s the cycle we go through. Round and round, again and again. God provides and in our fatness of goods, we are poisoned by self reliance and the results are disastrous.” Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Second Kings 4: 42-44 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 145: 10-11, 15-16, 17-18 Second Reading: Ephesians 4: 1-6 Alleluia: Luke 7: 16 Gospel: John 6: 1...

First Reading: Jeremiah 23: 1-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23: 1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 Second Reading: Ephesians 2: 13-18 Alleluia: John 10: 27 Gospel: Mark 6: 30-34