Deacon Kevin Gingras March 24, 2024 Palm Sunday https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032424.cfm Mk 11:1-10     Is 50:4-7 Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24    Phil 2:6-11   Mk 14:1—15:47 Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed. Then he said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death. Luke, the physician reports in his Gospel that: Jesus was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. We must always re ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras January 21, 2024 First Sunday of Lent https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021824.cfm Gn 9:8-15     Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9. 1 Pt 3:18-22     Mk 1:12-15 Our Gospel today has an interesting line: The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. A simple line, but read it again. The Spirit who was with Jesus a moment ago at His Baptism drove Him into the desert to be tested. Then Satan tempted Jesus.  The Son of God.  Satan wanted to win Him over to the dark side.  Jesus wo ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras January 21, 2024 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012124.cfm Jon 3:1-5, 10    Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Cor 7:29-31   Mk 1:14-20 Follow me and I will make you fishers of men - boy have I been waiting to preach on this Gospel for a long time so let’s get right into our first reading. Jonah was called to be fishers of the entire city of Nineveh.  We all know that story, he refused to fish for people so a large fish fished for him instead!  Ultimately he he did go to Nineveh, prophesied about the destruction of N ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras December 24, 2023 4th Sunday of Advent https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122423.cfm 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16     Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 Rom 16:25-27    Lk 1:26-38 Today, I want to talk about three tabernacles. The word tabernacle means ‘place of dwelling.’  Tabernacle #1 is from 2 Samuel; King David wants to make God a home: When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a t ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras November 19, 2023 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111923.cfm Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31   Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 1 Thes 5:1-6   Mt 25:14-30 It’s a reasonably well-known thing that a talent I have is fishing.  I can get my kayak into the water, read the pond, and quickly know where the fish will be hiding out.  However, there is a problem with my fishing talent.  I’m lazy and I can get complacent.  If the weather changes or the water changes in clarity or temperature the fish will change too and I sho ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras October 15, 2023 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101523.cfm Is 25:6-10a     Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Phil 4:12-14, 19-20     Mt 22:1-14 Scripture is full of analogies comparing Heaven to a wedding feast.  St. Paul often calls Christ the bridegroom of the Church.  We see this in today’s readings from sacred scripture.  Jesus’ first miracle occurred at a wedding banquet, emphasizing the sanctity of marriage that the Catholic Church holds tight to. Last month I mentioned Confession as a forgotten ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras August 20th, 2023 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091723.cfm Sir 27:30—28:7      Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Rom 14:7-9        Mt 18:21-35 Today Jesus tells us to forgive 7 times 70 times - 490 times.  It seems kind of oddly specific.  I figure with that number in mind my wife Allison already forgave me more than 490 times around the time I proposed to her in my car while driving around the Middleboro Rotary back in the late 80s! The human need for forgiveness goes farther back tha ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras August 20th, 2023 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082023.cfm Is 56:1, 6-7    Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32   Mt 15:21-28 God is love.  Jesus is love.  When we hear today’s Gospel it doesn’t sound like that’s true, Jesus is using harsh language talking to the Canaanite woman.   As a parent, I love my kids but when they are constantly asking me for things, I can get a little irritated. We were in bible study many years ago, talking about sin and someone said “Well, when we sin and we are ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras July 16, 2023 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071623.cfm Is 55:10-11    Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 Rom 8:18-23     Mt 13:1-23 God speaks through Isaiah today with the line: so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it Then in today’s Gospel Jesus tells us: But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. The d ..read more

  Deacon Kevin Gingras June 18, 2023 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061823.cfm Ex 19:2-6a  Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Romans 5:6-11    Matthew 9:36—10:8 When I was growing up I wasn’t a fan of rules or instructions from my parents.  I was a figure-it-out-for-myself type of kid.  Well, here’s a story that illustrates how that often didn’t work out so well for me.  Many many ages ago, when I was around twelve years old I went with my mom to the bank and sat in the car while she went in.  Back then you actually had to go cas ..read more