Table of Contents

Contents
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