Days of the Lord
Ordinary Time, Year A
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Days of the Lord is an excellent guide to the riches of the Church's liturgy, and a welcome companion to the Sacramentary, the Liturgy of the Hours, and the Lectionary.
First published in Belgium, this outstanding seven volume series will enable all Christians to enter into the mystery of the liturgical year, to pray with understanding, to proclaim the beauty and wealth of the liturgy.
More than a thorough commentary on the readings, more even than a reflection on the liturgical seasons, this series comprehends the totality of the liturgical year-that vehicle developed by the Church to express, summarize, and present "the whole mystery of Christ," the mystery that we are called to profess and celebrate every day.
Since this mystery belongs to all Christians, the writers of this series have written their reflections with the average reader in mind. Yet the knowledge and insight that they bring to this work make it invaluable even to those who are themselves well versed students of the liturgical calendar. Readers will come away not only with a greater understanding of the liturgical year, its structure and meaning, but with a deepened appreciation of the prayer life the liturgical year provides through its structure.
Ordinary Time 1
Ordinary Time A 14
Practical Plan of the Gospel of Matthew 15
The Texts of the Lectionary 17
The Division of Sundays into "Sequences" 18
Second and Third Sundays in Ordinary Time 21
Second Sunday: Recognizing the Lord's Presence 22
Third Sunday: The Light of the Gospel Shines in the Darkness 30
The Fourth and Fifth Sundays in Ordinary Time 37
Fourth Sunday: The Good News of the Master, Meek and Humble of Heart 38
Fifth Sunday: Salt of the Earth, Light of the World—to the Glory of the Father 46
From the Sixth to the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 53
Sixth Sunday: Jesus, Wisdom of God, Law of the Christian 55
Seventh Sunday: Human Holiness, Reflection of God's Holiness 63
Eighth Sunday: Since God Is Our Father 71
Ninth Sunday: "Blessed Are Those Who Hear the Word of God and Observe It" 81
The Tenth and Eleventh Sundays in Ordinary Time 87
Tenth Sunday: All Are Welcome—Even Sinners 88
Eleventh Sunday: One Shepherd, Few Workers 94
From the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 100
Twelfth Sunday: God, Strength of Those Who Are Sent 101
Thirteenth Sunday: When the Love of Christ Has Taken Possession of Us 107
Fourteenth Sunday: "Come to Me, All You Who Are Weary" . . 114
From the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 120
Fifteenth Sunday: Time of Sowing, Time of Birth 121
Sixteenth Sunday: God Believes in Human Beings 128
Seventeenth Sunday: Acquiring the Only Worthwhile Treasure 136
From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 142
Eighteenth Sunday: A People Gathered and Nourished by God's Love 143
Nineteenth Sunday: A People Convinced of the Lord's Presence 149
Twentieth Sunday: A People Without Frontiers 156
The Twenty-first and Twenty-second Sundays in Ordinary Time 162
Twenty-first Sunday: Peter's Ministry in the Church 163
Twenty-second Sunday: Losing Everything—Even One's Life— to Follow Christ 171
From the Twenty-third to the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 177
Twenty-third Sunday: A Community of Forgiveness Based on Mutual Love 178
Twenty-fourth Sunday: Forgive Us Our Trespasses, As We Forgive 186
Twenty-fifth Sunday: Send Us to Work in Your Vineyard! 193
From the Twenty-sixth to the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 202
Twenty-sixth Sunday: Not Promises but Acts 203
Twenty-seventh Sunday: A People Chosen to Bear Fruit 209
Twenty-eighth Sunday: Happy Are Those Invited to the Wedding of the Lamb 214
From the Twenty-ninth to the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time 222
Twenty-ninth Sunday: "Repay to Caesar What Belongs to Caesar .. . to God What Belongs to God 223
Thirtieth Sunday: The Two Inseparable Commandments 229
Thirty-first Sunday: All Are Humble Servants of God and His Christ 236
The Thirty-second and Thirty-third Sundays in Ordinary Time 243
Thirty-second Sunday: Keeping Watch and Being Prepared 244
Thirty-third Sunday: Keeping Watch While Working for the Lord 250
Thirty-fourth Sunday: Christ the King 256
Postscript 270
Notes 273