This book is a series of reflections for each Sunday and for selected solemnities and feast days during Year A of the Church's three-year liturgical cycle. The reflections focus on the crucial significance of the Word of God, and on its life-giving and liberating message for everyday life. They will be helpful to clergy and laity wishing to engage more fully with the sacred scriptures. Hopefully, the reflections presented in this book will inspire readers to develop their own thoughts and responses to the readings. Written predominantly, but not solely, with a Catholic readership in mind, the book may also appeal to Christians from other traditions.