Reflections on the Weekday Lectionary Readings

The book is a succinct commentary on the daily lectionary readings. A practical book free of academic jargon, Reflections on the Weekday Readings provides lectionary commentaries that are contemporary and refreshing. This versatile book can be used for liturgical and homiletic purposes or for private meditation, by clergy, or by laity. Highlights: • Covers Years I and II of the weekday readings • Every reflection followed by “Points to Ponder” • Suitable for priests and deacons who are preparing homilies • Great as personal reflections on the weekday readings • An excellent resource for “offshore” foreign language priests working in the United States and Canada who need a straightforward homiletic guide to the weekday readings. †

A Franciscan friar, Roland J. Faley is currently in residence at Saint Edward the Confessor Church in Syosset, New York. He has degrees from Catholic University, St. Thomas University in Rome and the Biblical Institute in Rome. He was the Minister General of his religious order and has taught in seminaries and universities here and abroad. He is the author of "Footprints on the Mountain, Bonding With God, and "Apocalypse Then and Now.