Be ready for Mass! Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini explores the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter and looks at the mystery of the Kingdom of God: The Book of Revelation seems to suggest that ...
Be ready for Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter! Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini explores the reading from John’s Gospel, where Christ invites the disciples to have breakfast with him: “John often contrasts night and ...
In her latest Opening the Word column, Catherine Cavadini prepares us for the great Easter Vigil Mass, when we will sing again, “Alleluia!” Cavadini writes: “From a recognition of the goodness of creation itself to ...
In Opening the Word Scripture reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Catherine Cavadini explores the unifying aspect of celebrating the Eucharist together: “There is something interesting in the readings for this week, worth considering ...
In her “Opening the Word” column for the Third Sunday of Lent, Catherine Cavadini expains the first reading from Exodus in which Moses asks God to reveal his name in case the Israelites ask for ...
For the First Sunday of Lent, Catherine Cavadini writes in Opening the Word Scripture reflection that Lent is a time of akesis, which means training: “Indeed, it is a time for exercising our freedom to ...
For the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Catherine Cavadini recounts the Gospel through the eyes of Dorothy Day, the co-founder of The Catholic Worker movement, writing: “‘I only love God as much as I love ...
In preparing us for Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Catherine Cavadini explores the readings, which feature unexpected confessions from Isaiah, St Paul and St. Peter, all of whom admit their unworthiness to ...
On the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Church marks the Sunday of the Word of God, instituted by Pope Francis in 2019. To prepare readers for Mass, Catherine Cavadini goes over how the readings ...
As we prepare for Mass on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Catherine Cavadini calls us to look deeper into the scene Luke sets in the weekend’s Gospel reading:“As Luke leads us to ...