06/14/2026
+ A Reflection on the Sunday Readings +
By Fr. David Komatz, O. Praem.
Within the Readings the Church offers us today are certain phrases or sayings that jump out and form a continuity not only between and within the readings but with salvation history as a whole. From Exodus, we have God’s covenant invitation, and we can almost hear God’s booming voice declaring to Moses: “If you obey my voice and hold fast to my covenant, you of all the nations shall be my very own.”
And in Psalm 99, we hear, “We are his people, the sheep of his flock.” This tells us from Moses to David, in words attributed to David, that the covenant is still intact. In Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Paul tells us that, “at His appointed moment Jesus died for sinful men.” And finally, in Matthew, we hear, “When Jesus saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd.” His response to what he saw was the missioning of his disciples to be the shepherds of his people. “These twelve Jesus sent out.”
The covenant has had its challenges and modifications, but it is still intact. God sent His only Son for our redemption. Disciples were sent, and two thousand years later, we, too, as called disciples, are sent to proclaim, by our words, actions, and by our very lives, that Jesus crucified and Risen is still alive in us, the Church, the body of Christ.
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The Norbertine Community invites you to join us in St. Norbert Abbey Church for morning prayer (Lauds), Mass, and evening prayer (Vespers). Our regular daily
schedule is as follows:
* Lauds: Weekdays, 7:30 am | Saturdays, 8 am | Sundays, 9 am
* Mass: Weekdays, 4:30 pm | Saturdays, 8:30 am | Sundays, 10 am
* Vespers: Weekdays, 5 pm | Weekends, 5 pm
For more information about St. Norbert Abbey, please visit www.norbertines.org.
