Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4 (RM) or 11: 29-12:2 (RCL); Luke 12: 49-53 (RM) or 49-56 (RCL.) “When you…
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM) or 1-3, 8-16 (RCL); Luke 12: 32-48.The Gospel of Luke seems to have a thing…
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 (RCL); Psalm 90 (RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians 3: 1-5, 9-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Luke 12: 13-21.A cartoon that appeared in…
Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventh Sunday after Pentecost C
Genesis 18: 20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2: 12-14 (RM) or 6-15 (RCL); Luke 11: 1-13. The child was horrified. “Also such a beast!” One of my theology professors told this…
Reflection for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixth Sunday after Pentecost C
Genesis 18: 1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1: 24-28 (RM) or 15-28 (RCL); Luke 10: 38-42. Either/or, A/not A, right/wrong binary splits are easy. Too easy. They might provide a way…
Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Pentecost C
Deuteronomy 30: 10-14; Psalm 69 (RM) or 25 (RCL); Colossians 1: 15-20 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Luke 10: 25-37. Even when you’ve been gifted with a lifespan covering quite a…
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourth Sunday after Pentecost C
Isaiah 66: 10-14; Psalm 66; Galatians 6: 14-18 (RM) or 7-16 (RCL); Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20 (RM) or 1-11, 16-20 (RCL.) I collect lector bloopers. But this one wasn’t exactly…
Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Third Sunday after Pentecost C
1 Kings 19: 16b, 19-21 (RM) or 2 Kings 2: 1-2, 6-14 (RCL); Psalm 16; Galatians 5: 1, 13-18 (RM) or 13-25 (RCL); Luke 9: 51-62. Honestly, it’s been on…
Reflection for the Body and Blood of Christ / Second Sunday after Pentecost C
Roman Missal: Genesis 14: 18-20 (RM ) or Isaiah 65: 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 110 (RM) or Psalm 22 (RCL); I Corinthians 11: 23-26 (RM) or Galatians 3: 23-29 (RCL); Luke…
Reflection for Trinity Sunday C
Proverbs 8: 22-31 (RM ) or 1-4, 22-31 (RCL); Psalm 8; Romans 5: 1-5; John 16: 12-15. The Trinity, a Trinitarian God, has to be just about the hardest theological…