Sunday Mass Readings

CORPUS CHRISTI | Sunday Mass Readings - June 19, 2022  (Year C) "Blest be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit, for he has shown us his merciful love." - Entrance antiphon Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) is a Eucharistic solemnity, or better, the solemn commemoration of the institution of that sacrament. It is, moreover, the Church's official ac...

TRINITY SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - June 12, 2022  (Year C) "Blest be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit, for he has shown us his merciful love." - Entrance antiphon The feast of the Most Holy Trinity may well be regarded as the Church's Te Deum of gratitude over all the blessings of the Christmas and Easter seasons; for this mystery is a synthesis...

PENTECOST SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - June 5, 2022  (Year C) "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love." - Jn 20:19-23 Pentecost, with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the greatest feasts of Christianity. It commemorates not only the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, Mary and Disciples, but also the fruits and effects of that...

ASCENSION SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - May 29, 2022  (Year C) "Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens? This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven will return as you saw him go, alleluia." - Acts 1:11 In the appointed time, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. In His earthly life, Jesus became the face of the Father's love and mercy for sinful humanity. He was crucified,...

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 22, 2022  "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid." - John 14:27 We are not alone or without help in the life that we have embraced. The Church strengthens our faith and feeds our souls "with the pure milk of her teaching, with the bread of the...

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 15, 2022 (Year C) "I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you." - John 13:34 Love is man's first and constant vocation. It is the means to reveal God's heart to other men. But the beauty of God's love must show itself fresh and new in every Christian; for beauty, to delight and attract, must be fresh as the...

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 8, 2022 (Year C) "I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep and mine know me." - Jn. 10:14 Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, we also celebrate the Good Shepherd Sunday, which marks the 59th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations instituted by Pope Paul VI in 1964. Christ Himself is the Good Shepherd and we are His sh...

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 1, 2022 (Year C) Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast." - John 21:13 Every Sunday, Jesus invites us to join in the banquet of His love in the table of His Word and of the Eucharist so that we would be nourished and renewed for the new week ahead. This Easter season, take time to slow down and be filled with God's goodness, wisdom, power and...

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - April 24, 2022 (Year C) "I shall sing forever the Lord's mercy." (Ps 89 [88])  This Sunday is popularly known as Mercy of God Sunday. Between 1930 and 1938 Christ appeared to Sister Faustina, a Sister of Mercy in Poland who initiated the Divine Mercy devotion. She was canonized on April 30, 2000, the Sunday after Easter, the Feast of Divine Mercy....

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S RESURRECTION | Sunday Mass Readings - April 17, 2022   "This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad!" - Ps 118:24 Easter is the feast of feasts, the unalloyed joy and gladness of all Christians. Throughout the octave, we shall sing of the unequaled joy which throws open eternity to us. Every Sunday will furnish a reminder of it, and from Sun...

LISTEN | Sunday Mass Readings - April 10, 2022 | Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion "Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. Hosanna in the highest." - Mt 21:9 Today we commemorate Christ's entry into Jerusalem for the completion of the Paschal Mystery. The Palm Sunday procession is formed of Christians who, in the "fullness of faith," make...

LISTEN | Sunday Mass Readings for April 3, 2022  | Fifth Sunday of Lent  "Remember not the events of the past... see, I am doing something new!" - Is. 43:18-19 Look to Him who looks at you with love. See His compassion washing your sins away and His mercy healing your wounds. While being human, fall... but with Him, stand up and walk again. Pray and meditate this week's Sunday Mass readi...

LISTEN | Sunday Mass Readings for March 27, 2022  | Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast. - Is 66:10-11 Today is the halfway mark of Lent. This Sunday is known as Laetare Sunday for the first word of the Introit or Entrance Antiphon laetare (rejoice); it is a Sunday of jo...

SUNDAY MASS READINGS for March 20, 2022  | Third Sunday of Lent "Sir," the man replied "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." (Lk. 13:9)  In the Christian life, faith has consequences, that to 'serve God' we must renounce 'Mammon,' that to be free for God we must break the hold that the world...

SUNDAY MASS READINGS for March 13, 2022  | Second Sunday of Lent "From the shining cloud the Father's voice is heard: This is my beloved Son, hear him." - Mt. 17:5 Between Moses and Elias Jesus shows forth His divine glory, thus foreshadowing His resurrection. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end of all things. Today's Mass places before us the transfigured Lord and the mo...

Sunday Mass Readings for March 6, 2022  | First Sunday of Lent "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God." - Mt. 4:4 Sundays in Lent remain Sundays, the day on which the Church marks history's axial point, the Resurrection of the Lord. Even in Lent, Sundays are the Easter of every week, and on each of those days, the Church celebrates Christ's...

Sunday Mass Readings for February 20, 2022  | Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time We thank the Lord for the week that was and commend to His loving care and providence the coming week. May the Word of God nourish you and your family! Have a grace-filled weekend. This weekly podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication.  Available on Anchor, Spotify an...

Sunday Mass Readings for February 27, 2022  | Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time "It is good to give thanks to the Lord,       to sing praise to your name, Most High,       to proclaim your kindness at dawn and your faithfulness throughout the night." - Lauds, Feb. 27 We continue to commend ourselves to the Lord that we may be doers of p...

February 13, 2022  "Blessed are they who hope in the Lord!" May we stay close to the Lord and open to His Word as we begin a new week glorifying and praising God on this Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Peace and blessings be in your home. This weekly podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Music Info: Long Calming Piano Bac...

"Follow me, says the Lord, and I will make you into fishers of men." Let the Lord lead you by the hand. Stay close to Him in prayer, in His Word and in the Eucharist. Peace and blessings to you and your family in this Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. This weekly podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication.

January 30, 2022 Today is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Philippine Church celebrates the National Bible Sunday and Pro-Life Sunday.  Let us reflect on the relevance of God's Word in our daily lives.  May the Holy Spirit nurture the seed of faith sown in our hearts so that we may be life-giving bearers of the Good News to all we meet and encounter. This weekly podcast is brought...

At the conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis has declared that the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God. "This Sunday of the Word of God will thus be a fitting part of that time of the year when we are encouraged to strengthen our bonds with the Jewish people and to pray for Christian unity. This is m...

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Santo Niño, the oldest and one of the most popular devotions in the Philippines.  When Legazpi landed on the island of Cebu in 1565, one of his soldiers found an image of the Child Jesus. It is believed to be the same statue Magellan had given to the wife of the chieftain of the island after her baptism. The image is venerated today in the Basilica of Cebu....

Pray and meditate on the Word of God for this Sunday's Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Music by NaturesEye from Pixabay