Our remastered episodes continue with a set-up from 3 years ago! Exodus 22:20-26 / 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 / Matthew 22:34-40By Fr. Connor Penn

King Cyrus comes to town in our First Reading this weekend. Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 / 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b / Matthew 22:15-21By Fr. Connor Penn

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 22:1-14By Fr. Connor Penn

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 21:33-43By Fr. Connor Penn

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 21:28-32By Fr. Connor Penn

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 20:1-16aBy Fr. Connor Penn

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 18:21-35By Fr. Connor Penn

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 18:15-20By Fr. Connor Penn

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 16:21-27By Fr. Connor Penn

It's a BOGO on judgments in our First Reading! Isaiah 22:19-23 / Romans 11:33-36 / Matthew 16:13-20By Fr. Connor Penn

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 15:21-28By Fr. Connor Penn

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 14:22-33By Fr. Connor Penn

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 17:1-9By Fr. Connor Penn

We're talking buried treasure (and much more) on this week's episode. 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 / Romans 8:28-30 / Matthew 13:44-52By Fr. Connor Penn

Cryptocurrency has something to teach us about this weekend's Gospel. Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 / Romans 8:26-27 / Matthew 13:24-43By Fr. Connor Penn

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 13:1-23By Fr. Connor Penn

Are you enjoying Sunday Setup? Be sure to recommend this podcast to a friend! Zechariah 9:9-10 / Romans 8:9, 11-13 / Matthew 11:25-30By Fr. Connor Penn

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 10:37-42By Fr. Connor Penn

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 10:26-33By Fr. Connor Penn

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 9:36-10:8By Fr. Connor Penn

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 6:51-58By Fr. Connor Penn

Shorter readings this weekend mean a shorter episode! Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 / 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 / John 3:16-18By Fr. Connor Penn

Come, Holy Spirit! Acts 2:1-11 / 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 / John 20:19-23By Fr. Connor Penn

For most of the United States, Jesus sticks around an extra 3 days before ascending to the Father--and we've got a new set-up for this weekend's readings. Acts 1:1-11 / Ephesians 1:17-23 / Matthew 28:16-20By Fr. Connor Penn

Lawyers, rejoice! We've got courtroom language in both our Second Reading and our Gospel this weekend. Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 / 1 Peter 3:15-18 / John 14:15-21By Fr. Connor Penn

What made a Hellenist and a Hebrew different? We're talking about it on this new episode. Acts 6:1-7 / 1 Peter 2:4-9 / John 14:1-12By Fr. Connor Penn

Visualizing (and maybe even Googling) a sheepfold will help to put our Gospel passage this weekend into context. Acts 2:14a, 36-41 / 1 Peter 2:20b-25 / John 10:1-10By Fr. Connor Penn

"Luke, I am your father!" can teach us something about what happens on the Road to Emmaus this weekend. Acts 2:14, 22-33 / 1 Peter 1:17-21 / Luke 24:13-35By Fr. Connor Penn

Birds of a feather are flocking together when we look at our Second Reading this weekend. Acts 2:42-47 / 1 Peter 1:3-9 / John 20:19-31By Fr. Connor Penn

Heading to Mass on Easter Sunday? You can find set-ups for the potential readings you'll hear by scrolling down and finding the episodes titled Easter Sunday, Year C and Easter Sunday, Year B. What's the difference between the two? Listen to this abbreviated episode to find out!By Fr. Connor Penn

When Jesus enters Jerusalem, was there one donkey or two? Explore the difference on this new episode. Matthew 21:1-11 [Note: set-up for Isaiah 50:4-7 & Philippians 2:6-11 can be found on previous Palm Sunday episodes.]By Fr. Connor Penn

Why did Jesus wait an additional two days before getting a move on to visit Lazarus? The answer (and much more) is in this new episode. Ezekiel 37:12-14 / Romans 8:8-11 / John 11:1-45By Fr. Connor Penn

I once was blind, but now I see! 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a / Ephesians 5:8-14 / John 9:1-41By Fr. Connor Penn

A longer Gospel passage means a longer episode! Exodus 17:3-7 / Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 / John 4:5-42By Fr. Connor Penn

The "Fat Lady" is far from warming up in our Lenten journey, but she's mentioned in this episode! Genesis 12:1-4a / 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 / Matthew 17:1-9By Fr. Connor Penn

Could the forbidden fruit have been a pomegranate? Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 / Romans 5:12-19 / Matthew 4:1-11By Fr. Connor Penn

Why does Jesus specify about being slapped on the right cheek? We've got the answer on this latest episode. Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 / 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 / Matthew 5:38-48By Fr. Connor Penn

Continue hearing the background to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with this latest episode! Sirach 15:15-20 / 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 / Matthew 5:17-37By Fr. Connor Penn

Could there be more than one way of understanding ourselves as "salt of the earth?" We believe so! Isaiah 58:7-10 / 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 / Matthew 5:13-16By Fr. Connor Penn

Some unexpected difficulties forced this episode to arrive well after the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Isaiah 8:23-9:3 / 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 / Matthew 4:12-23By Fr. Connor Penn

There's a play on words with the author of our First Reading this weekend, but can you find the hidden meaning? Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13 / 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 / Matthew 5:1-12aBy Fr. Connor Penn

What did John the Baptist mean when he referred to Jesus as "the Lamb of God?" Hear some different theories! Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 / 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 / John 1:29-34By Fr. Connor Penn

The readings for Epiphany Sunday stay the same each year; this episode was previously recorded two years ago. Isaiah 60:1-6 / Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 / Matthew 2:1-12By Fr. Connor Penn

Our new year kicks off with a celebration of Mary as the Mother of God! Learn about the readings you'll hear at this Mass. Numbers 6:22-27 / Galatians 4:4-7 / Luke 2:16-21By Fr. Connor Penn

Merry Christmas! Depending on when you attend Mass, you may want to listen to a past Christmas episode which focuses on different readings. Isaiah 62:11-12 / Titus 3:4-7 / Luke 2:15-20By Fr. Connor Penn

Learn the story behind the name "Emmanuel" in this week's episode. Isaiah 7:10-14 / Romans 1:1-7 / Matthew 1:18-24By Fr. Connor Penn

We apologize for the strange background noise in the audio this week; we hope to have it all figured out for next week's episode! Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 / James 5:7-10 / Matthew 11:2-11By Fr. Connor Penn

Animals going vegetarian? What's going on with our First Reading this weekend! Isaiah 11:1-10 / Romans 15:4-9 / Matthew 3:1-12By Fr. Connor Penn

"Happy New Year" from our whole team here at Sunday Setup! Isaiah 2:1-5 / Romans 13:11-14 / Matthew 24:37-44By Fr. Connor Penn

Christ is King! Fittingly, all three of our readings this weekend mention kings and/or kingdoms. 2 Samuel 5:1-3 / Colossians 1:12-20 / Luke 23:34-43By Fr. Connor Penn