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Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look back over the readings from the last several weeks to provide a framework for the readings we will hear on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.This episode of Sunday School is brought to you by SDS Accent Services, supporting priests and seminarians with accent services and vocal improvement, to help them convey the deposit of faith and administer the sacraments to those entrusted to their spiritual care. To learn more, visit sdsaccent.com.Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:00.Reading 1 - Isaiah 55: 1-3Psalm 145: 8-9, 15-16, 17-18Reading 2 - Romans 8: 35, 37-39Gospel - Matthew 14: 13-21 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including the complicated figure of King Solomon and more parables about the kingdom of heaven in the Gospel of Matthew.This episode of Sunday School is brought to you by the Pillar’s exclusive breviary sponsor, Ascension Press, publisher of the new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours.Preorder now at AscensionPress.com/SundaySchoolAlready read the readings? Skip ahead to 5:45.Reading 1 - 1 Kings 3: 5, 7-12Psalm 119: 57, 72, 76-77, 127-130Reading 2 - Romans 8: 28-30Gospel - Matthew 13: 44-52 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including a reading from Wisdom and Jesus’ telling of several subversive parables about the kingdom of God.This episode of Sunday School is brought to you by the Pillar’s exclusive breviary sponsor, Ascension Press, publisher of the new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours.Preorder now at AscensionPress.com/SundaySchoolAlready read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:40.Reading 1 - Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19Psalm 86: 5-6, 9-10, 15-16Reading 2 - Romans 8: 26-27Gospel - Matthew 13: 24-43 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Join Dr. Scott Powell and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including an eschatological prophecy in Isaiah where God welcomes Israel home with a banquet, the theological climax of St. Paul’s letter to the Roman’s. In Matthew, Jesus begins to speak in parables.Already read the readings? Skip ahead to 7:20.Reading 1 - Isaiah 55: 10-11Psalm 65: 10-14Reading 2 - Romans 8: 18-23Gospel - Matthew 13: 1-23 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Join Dr. Scott Powell and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including an eschatological vision in Zechariah and Jesus’ word of warning to Jewish Zealots. This episode is brought to you by Christendom College Graduate School of Theology, where you can earn a graduate certificate in Sacred Scripture or pursue your Master’s in Theology with the Sacred Scripture concentration. Learn more at graduate.christendom.eduAlready read the readings? Skip ahead to 5:05.Reading 1 - Zechariah 9:9-10Psalm 145: 1-2, 8-11, 13-14Reading 2 - Romans 8: 9, 11-13Gospel - Matthew 11: 25-30 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Dr. Scott Powell and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including Elisha’s promise to a benefactor and Jesus’ first mention of the cross in the Gospel of Matthew.This episode is sponsored by the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit.This August, join leaders like you from across the Church for three days of inspiration, encouragement and equipping.Learn more at amazingparish.org/pillarAlready read the readings? Skip ahead to 6:30.Reading 1 - 2 Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16aPsalm 89: 2-3, 16-17, 18-19Reading 2 - Romans 6: 3-4, 8-11Gospel - Matthew 10: 37-42 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Join Dr. Scott Powell and JD Flynn as they look ahead to the readings for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time— including Jeremiah’s lament in the face of persecution, a psalm of lament from David, and Jesus’ sending of the Apostles in the Gospel of Matthew. This episode is brought to you by the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit.This August, join leaders like you from across the Church for three days of inspiration, encouragement and equipping. Learn more at amazingparish.org/pillarAlready read the readings? Skip ahead to 7:25.Reading 1 - Jeremiah 20: 10-13Psalm 69: 8-10, 14, 17, 33-35Reading 2 - Romans 5: 12-15Gospel - Matthew 10: 26-33 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera look ahead to the readings for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time— including God’s efforts to build Israel into a nation and St. Paul’s call for Christians in Rome to remember their royal identity.You can find the first episode of Sunday School’s season about Romans here: An introduction to Romans.This episode is sponsored by the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit.This August, leaders like you from across the Church will gather for three incredible days.Learn more at amazingparish.org/pillarAlready read the readings? Skip ahead to 5:20.Reading 1 - Exodus 19: 2-6aPsalm 100: 1-2, 3, 5Reading 2 - Romans 5: 6-11Gospel - Matthew 9: 36—10:8 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe
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