GOSPEL, FIRST READING & PSALM TRANSCRIPT (Subscribe or Login for Full Transcript):
The 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year A continues our journey through the Gospel of Matthew. Here, the Church brings us to Matthew 9:9-13, a very famous passage that describes the call of Matthew, as well as some subsequent controversy that broke out over Jesus' willingness to dine with tax collectors, like Matthew, and sinners, who were evidently friends of Matthew, and Jesus' famous response to that criticism. So, let's hear what the Gospel says. Matthew 9:9 says...
SECOND READING TRANSCRIPT (SubscribeorLoginfor Full Transcript):
The 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year A continues our journey through St. Paul's magnum opus, the Epistle to the Romans. On this Sunday, the Church picks up in chapter 4 after Paul's discussion of justification by faith apart from works of the law in chapter 3. Now, Paul is going to give an example of his doctrine of justification by appealing to the figure of Abraham. This is a very important, concrete manifestation of what he means by justification by faith apart from the works of the law, in terms that anyone familiar with the Old Testament would be able to understand. In 4:18-25, Paul describes the justifying faith of Abraham in these terms...
GOSPEL, FIRST READING & PSALM TRANSCRIPT (Subscribe or Login for Full Transcript):
The 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year A continues our journey through the Gospel of Matthew. Here, the Church brings us to Matthew 9:9-13, a very famous passage that describes the call of Matthew, as well as some subsequent controversy that broke out over Jesus' willingness to dine with tax collectors, like Matthew, and sinners, who were evidently friends of Matthew, and Jesus' famous response to that criticism. So, let's hear what the Gospel says. Matthew 9:9 says...
SECOND READING TRANSCRIPT (SubscribeorLoginfor Full Transcript):
The 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year A continues our journey through St. Paul's magnum opus, the Epistle to the Romans. On this Sunday, the Church picks up in chapter 4 after Paul's discussion of justification by faith apart from works of the law in chapter 3. Now, Paul is going to give an example of his doctrine of justification by appealing to the figure of Abraham. This is a very important, concrete manifestation of what he means by justification by faith apart from the works of the law, in terms that anyone familiar with the Old Testament would be able to understand. In 4:18-25, Paul describes the justifying faith of Abraham in these terms...
