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Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 27, 2023
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Zephaniah 2:3, 3:2-13 (RM) or Micah 6:1-8 (RCL); Psalm 146 (RM) or Psalm 15 (RCL); I Corinthians 1: 26-31 (RM) or 18-31 (RCL); Matthew 5: 1-12. I don’t know what…

Reflection for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Third Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 20, 2023
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Isaiah 8:23 – 9:3 (RM) or 9: 1-4 (RCL); Psalm 27; I Corinthians 1: 10-13, 17 (RM) or 10-18 (RCL); Matthew 4: 12-23. Context, they say, is everything. Well OK,…

Reflection for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Second Sunday after Epiphany

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:January 13, 2023
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Isaiah 49: 3, 5-6 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 40; I Corinthians 1: 1-3 (RM) or 1-9 (RCL); John 1: 29-34 (RM) or 29-42 (RCL). When you’re together with a…

Reflection for Mary, Holy Mother of God; or the Name of Jesus

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 30, 2022
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Please note that there will be no reflection on Friday, January 6, 2023. Susan's reflections will resume the following Friday, January 13, 2023.Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21…

Reflection for Christmas, the Nativity of the Lord

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 23, 2022
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Isaiah 62:11-12 (RM, “Mass at Dawn”) or 6-12 (RCL); Psalm 97; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:15-20 (RM) or [1-7] 8-20 (RCL.) It seems Christmas is rife with Scripture readings we’ve heard…

Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 16, 2022
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Isaiah 7:10-14 (RM) or 10-16 (RCL); Psalm 24 (RM) or 80 (RCL); Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 (RM) or 18-25 (RCL.) Two weeks ago, I was sitting contentedly in a wonderful…

Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 9, 2022
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Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 (RM) or 1-10 (RCL); Psalm 146; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11. Cousins. The depth of the relationship between cousins can vary from nonexistent to very close. In my…

Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 2, 2022
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Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9 (RM) or 4-13 (RCL); Matthew 3:1-12. If I were standing in front of you preaching (and not tapping away on a computer keyboard) I’d…

Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 25, 2022
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Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44 (RM) or 36-44 (RCL.) It’s the purple season for Roman Catholics, blue season for Protestants. It’s the standing-on-tiptoes-craning your-neck season (and not…

Reflection for the Thirty-Fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King Sunday C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 18, 2022
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2 Samuel 5:1-3 (RM) or Jeremiah 23:1-6 (RCL); Psalm 122 (RM) or 46 (RCL); Colossians 1: 12-20 (RM) or 11-20 (RCL); Luke 23:35-43 (RM) or 33-43 (RCL.) Kings seem to…