Scripture Reflections for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"In our first reading today, Elijah is dejected and requests that the Lord take his life. But an angel touches him and orders him to get up and eat. Strengthened..."

"The first reading for this Sunday is taken from the Old Testament Book of Kings. In this reading we are introduced to the Prophet Elijah, who is nearing the end..."

"Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Today’s responsorial psalm makes think of a few years ago, when my family and I went to the World Meeting of Families..."

"I’m almost certain I’m not the only preacher whose sermon preparation is challenging when this bit of the lectionary’s three-year cycle comes round. Even looking back on notes I’ve made..."

"In the world of human needs and continuous hunger for spiritual and material food, Jesus proposes us the bread of life-himself as the only food for sustainance in our journey..."

"Elijah was a brave prophet who tried to get the people of Israel, and their faithless king Ahab, to come back to worship of the true God. Single-handedly he had..."

"Some years ago, in a last ditch attempt to develop some sort of competence in Latin, I spent a considerable amount of time reading and translating the Rule of St...."

"Can man live on bread alone? Well, in Elijah’s case the answer might be, ‘yes’. He thinks he is no better than his ancestors but actually that is far from..."

"This is the third week that we have been listening to St John's discourse on the bread of life, and still the crowd are struggling to understand what he is..."

"A scone, baked on hot stones, and a jar of water --- on which Elijah travelled a considerable way. One can't, however, help feeling that a jar of wine would..."

"Friends, we’ve all hit points in which we felt we could not go on spiritually, physically, or mentally. In the Gospel today, Christ declares himself the bread that has come..."

"Today’s readings are from First Kings and the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel. Our passage for this weekend discusses the Eucharist as the necessary antidote for spiritual exhaustion. We all..."

"Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries."