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Unpacking The Mass

Welcome to Unpacking the Mass, a weekly study through the upcoming week’s Mass readings for the Catholic Church.

Unpacking the Mass helps listeners prepare their hearts for what they will hear in the upcoming week’s Mass through a thoughtful and practical interaction with the texts with an emphasis on personal understanding and application.

Join Keith this week and be counted among those to whom Jesus said “Let he who has ears to hear” Matt.13:9. Unpacking the Mass is available as a video on Keith’s YouTube channel.

Aug 31, 2023

This week on Unpacking the Mass, we look at the readings for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In this episode, we will explore ideas such as: 

  • Getting burned out. 
  • Self-sacrifice, not self-preservation.
  • Follow Jesus' example… watch what he did.

The readings can be found here: 


Aug 24, 2023

This week on Unpacking the Mass, we look at the readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In this episode, we will explore ideas such as: 

  • Who Decides What Christianity is? 
  • The Foundation of Catholicism.
  • How to Identify Jesus' Church?

The readings can be found here:


Aug 17, 2023

This week on Unpacking the Mass, we look at the readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

In this episode, we will explore ideas such as: 

  • Everyone is invited to the kingdom
  • St. Paul's passion for his people
  • What the disciples got wrong

The readings can be found here:


Aug 10, 2023

This week on Unpacking the Mass, we look at the readings for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this episode, we will explore ideas such as: 

  • Why God is quiet sometimes?
  • Sharing the faith in love.
  • God has more faith in you than you do!

The readings can be found here:


Aug 3, 2023

This week on Unpacking the Mass, we look at the readings for The Feast of the Transfiguration.

In this episode, we will explore ideas such as: 

  • Jesus' glory before the Incarnation. 
  • Remembering the moments God gives you.
  • How to not take Jesus for granted.

The readings can be found here: