Sunday Setup
Want to get more out of Mass? Discover the compelling context behind each weekend's readings.
Episodes
163 episodes
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Our remastered episodes continue with a set-up from 3 years ago! Exodus 22:20-26 / 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 / Matthew 22:34-40
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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4:49
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
King Cyrus comes to town in our First Reading this weekend. Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 / 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b / Matthew 22:15-21
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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4:48
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
What if Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce personally invited you to their wedding? Would you go? Find out how our Gospel this weekend is related to such a question. Isaiah 25:6-10A / Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 / Matthew 22:1-14
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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4:42
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
We're remastering old episodes to bring them up to our normal sound quality; this week we throw it back to our very first episode from 3 years ago! Isaiah 5:1-7 / Philippians 4:6-9 / Matthew 21:33-43
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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4:05
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
3 years of Sunday Setup! Celebrate the accomplishment of making it through the entire 3-year lectionary cycle with this new episode. Ezekiel 18:25-28 / Philippians 2:1-11 / Matthew 21:28-32
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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4:57
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
This is our penultimate "new" episode: next week will be the completion of 3 years of Sunday Setup! Isaiah 55:6-9 / Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a / Matthew 20:1-16a
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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5:26
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Whether 77 times or 70-times-7 times, take the time to listen to this latest episode on this weekend's readings. Sirach 27:30-28:7 / Romans 14:7-9 / Matthew 18:21-35
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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6:06
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
The IRS will be very happy with what St. Paul has to say to the Christians in Rome in our Second Reading this weekend! Ezekiel 33:7-9 / Romans 13:8-10 / Matthew 18:15-20
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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4:39
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Jeremiah must not have had many friends; find out why in this latest installment of Sunday Set-up. Jeremiah 20:7-9 / Romans 12:1-2 / Matthew 16:21-27
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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4:19
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
It's a BOGO on judgments in our First Reading! Isaiah 22:19-23 / Romans 11:33-36 / Matthew 16:13-20
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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6:03
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Isaiah is remixing one of his earliest themes in this weekend's First Reading. Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 / Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 / Matthew 15:21-28
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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4:34
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
We're talking bad breath and silent sounds as we look at this weekend's readings. 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a / Romans 9:1-5 / Matthew 14:22-33
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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4:56
The Transfiguration of the Lord, Year A
Is having your name in the Heavenly Record Book a good thing or a bad thing? Find out in this new episode. Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 / 2 Peter 1:16-19 / Matthew 17:1-9
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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5:10
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
We're talking buried treasure (and much more) on this week's episode. 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 / Romans 8:28-30 / Matthew 13:44-52
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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5:19
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Cryptocurrency has something to teach us about this weekend's Gospel. Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 / Romans 8:26-27 / Matthew 13:24-43
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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5:21
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
The Parable of the Sower might be more appropriately named the Parable of the Seed during this weekend's Mass. Isaiah 55:10-11 / Romans 8:18-23 / Matthew 13:1-23
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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4:49
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Are you enjoying Sunday Setup? Be sure to recommend this podcast to a friend! Zechariah 9:9-10 / Romans 8:9, 11-13 / Matthew 11:25-30
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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5:09
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Elisha's booking an Airbnb in our First Reading this weekend; how many stars will he give his stay? 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a / Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 / Matthew 10:37-42
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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4:34
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
How'd you like to be called "Terror-on-every-side?" Well, it's an insult being tossed around in our First Reading at Mass this weekend! Jeremiah 20:10-13 / Romans 5:12-15 / Matthew 10:26-33
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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5:02
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
If you've enjoyed our episodes so far, how much more will you enjoy this one! (That's a light and heavy argument, by the way) Exodus 19:2-6a / Romans 5:6-11 / Matthew 9:36-10:8
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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4:57
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year A
Can you have your cake and eat it, too? St. Paul gives us an answer in our Second Reading this weekend. Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a / 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 / John 6:51-58
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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5:08
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Year A
Shorter readings this weekend mean a shorter episode! Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 / 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 / John 3:16-18
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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4:21
Pentecost Sunday, Year A
Come, Holy Spirit! Acts 2:1-11 / 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 / John 20:19-23
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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5:03