Journey with Scripture

Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 8:1b–7, 11–13 Imagine you are living in a Buddhist country.

Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 7:25–31 From chapter seven of the First Letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul begins to answer questions sent to him by the community.

September 8, Tuesday Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Matthew 1:1–16, 18–23 Matthew begins his Gospel with a genealogy.

Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 5:1–8 Every baptized person has died to sin and begun a new life for God.

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 33:1, 7–9; Romans 13:8–10; Matthew 18:15–18 At first, today’s Gospel sounds like a procedure against a sinner.

Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 4:6b–15 Today Saint Paul gives us a sharp contrast.

Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 4:1–5 The apostles were not founders of a new school of thought.

Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 1 Corinthians 3:18–23 In Saint Paul’s time, people often belonged to schools of thought.

Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 3:1–9 Imagine two children playing peacefully.

Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 2:10b–16 Every day I pray: Come, O Creator Spirit.

Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 1 Corinthians 2:1–5 Paul came to Corinth after Athens.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 20:7–9; Romans 12:1–2; Matthew 16:21–27 Peter had just made his great confession: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 1 Corinthians 1:26–31 Abraham was old.

Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 1 Corinthians 1:17–25 Crucifixion was one of the cruelest forms of punishment in the ancient world.

Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Monica 1 Corinthians 1:1–9 The community in Corinth gave Paul many troubles.

Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time 2 Thessalonians 3:6–10, 16–18 From the beginning, the Christian community was marked by sharing.

Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time 2 Thessalonians 2:1–3a, 14–17 The Christians in Thessalonica had a problem.

Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle John 1:45–51 Today we celebrate Saint Bartholomew, Apostle.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 22:19–23; Romans 11:33–36; Matthew 16:13–20 In my Christology class, I often ask my students: Who is Jesus for you?

Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ezekiel 43:1–7ab Early in the Book of Ezekiel, the prophet sees a terrible vision.

Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Ezekiel 37:1–14 Today, Ezekiel stands in a valley full of dry bones.

Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Ezekiel 36:23–28 The destruction of Jerusalem did not affect only Israel.

Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 34:1–11 The shepherds of Judea were tough men.

Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 28:1–10 Today’s reading comes from a larger section of the Book of Ezekiel: the oracles against the nations.

Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 24:15–23 In today’s reading, one phrase is repeated twice: “the delight of your eyes.”