Category: Weekly Study Notes for the Sunday Mass
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 17: 12/28/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we open with the first reading from Genesis 21. Next, we look at two readings for the second reading, one from Hebrews and the second from Colossians. Finally, we conclude with the Gospel lesson from Luke.
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Sunday Lectionary 10: 12/21/2025
Like last week, this week, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, we will be studying some important prophetic voices from the Old Testament. We will also be reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew to hear how he confirmed that the coming birth of Jesus would fulfil these predictions…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 7: 12/14/2025
Did you know that even as firm believers in Jesus Christ, it’s natural to have doubts about our faith? There may be days when we feel like we can walk on water, but other days we feel like we are slipping into a deep, dark sea. Throughout history, even some of the most famous Christians…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 4: 12/07/2025
What are you looking forward to? This question may have many answers: Christmas, time with family, a new year, a raise? But after all of this comes and goes, what else are you looking forward to? What do you have to look forward to at the end of your life? When nothing seems to be…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 1: 11/29/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we will learn about the importance of responding to God’s revelation of what will happen in the future. Each Scripture passage deals with what will occur in the future. Knowing the future clarifies the present and helps us interpret the events of the past from God’s…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 162: 11/23/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, we learn about the appointment of Godly King David. The second reading teaches us about our position in Christ as believers. In the Gospel lesson, we see how faith in Christ leads us to eternal life the very moment when we believe, even if we have…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 159: 11/16/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. The Bible teaches throughout both the Old and New Testaments the importance of recognizing the imminency of the coming of the Lord Jesus and His eventual return. Later in this lesson, we will look at readings from the Old Testament Book of Malachi and the Gospel of Luke…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 671: 11/09/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-9-2014. This week, we open with the first reading from the Prophet Ezekiel, move to the second reading from Second Corinthians Chapter 3, and close with the Gospel lesson from the Second Chapter of John.
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 668: 11/02/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-2-2014. This week we open with the second reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans where we learn about the hope given to us through Jesus Christ. Then we conclude with the Gospel lesson from Saint John in which we learn how those that hold saving…
Sunday Mass Study Notes for Lectionary 150: 10/26/2025
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes. This week, I’ll share a story about an airplane trip I (Jim) took a few years ago and how that relates to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.