Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 18, 2026.

(RNS) — During Ordinary Time, the church invites us to immerse ourselves in the Scriptures from both the Old and New ...

Looking at those first disciples challenges us. It's easy to go to Mass, to sing with a great choir and eat donuts with ...

Holy Week is a week of moveable observances that take place during the final week of Lent, leading up to Easter. It includes the events of Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the ...

Pope Francis Monday declared the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be the Sunday of the Word of God in order to promote a closer relationship with holy scripture and its dissemination in the world. "A ...

Presidents Dallin H. Oaks, Russell M. Nelson and Henry B. Eyring take their seats before the start of the Sunday morning session of General Conference. Church leaders emphasized principles from ...

Rarely do we take time to think about and explore the rhetoric and imagery for "God" in Scripture and lectionary texts. We merely pray with texts, listen to texts, preach on texts, set texts to music ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis established a new important annual feast, the Sunday of the Word of God, to accentuate the importance sacred Scripture is meant to have in the faith, prayer and lives of ...