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Fourth Sunday of Advent B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 22, 2023
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2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 (RM) or 1-11, 16 (RCL); Psalm 89 or Luke 1: 47-55; Romans 16: 25-27; Luke 1: 26-38. A few years ago I was…

Third Sunday of Advent B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 15, 2023
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Isaiah 61: 1-2a, 10-11 (RM) or 1-4, 8-11 (RCL); Psalm 126 or Luke 1: 46-50, 53-54 (RM) or 47-55 (RCL); 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24; John 1: 6-8, 19-28.It was absolutely,…

Second Sunday of Advent B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 8, 2023
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Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Psalm 85; 2 Peter 3: 8-14 (RM) or 8-15a (RCL); Mark 1: 1-8. Really, sometimes you hear the most striking things from…

First Sunday of Advent B

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:December 1, 2023
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Isaiah 63: 16b-17, 64: 1, 3-8 (RM in Canada) or Isaiah 63: 16b-17, 19b, 64: 2-7 (RM in U.S.) or 64: 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 80; I Corinthians 1: 3-9; Mark…

Reflection for the Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Christ the King Sunday A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 24, 2023
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Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15-17 (RM) or 11-16, 20-24 (RCL); Psalm 23; 1 Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28 (RM) or Ephesians 1: 15-23 (RCL); Matthew 25: 31-36. It really touched my heart,…

Reflection for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 17, 2023
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Proverbs 31: 10-13, 16-18, 20, 26, 28-31 (RM in Canada), or 10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (RM in the U.S.), or Zephaniah 1: 7, 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 128 (RM) or 90 (RCL);…

Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 10, 2023
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Wisdom 6: 12-16 (RM) or Amos 5: 18-24 (RCL); Psalm 63; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (RM) or 13-14 and 15-18 (RCL); Matthew 25: 1-13. At my age, just a tad past…

Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time / All Saints Sunday A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:November 3, 2023
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Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10 (RM) or Micah 3: 5-12 (RCL); Psalm 131; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13 (RM) or 1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13 (RCL); Matthew 23: 1-12. For All Saints Sunday: Revelation…

Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 27, 2023
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Exodus 22: 21-27 (RM in Canada) or 20-26 (RM in the U.S.) or Leviticus 19: 1-2, 15-18 (RCL) or Jeremiah 31: 31-34 (Lutheran); Psalm 18 (RM) or 1 (RCL) or…

Reflection for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost A

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 6, 2023
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Isaiah 5: 1-7; Psalm 80; Philippians 4: 6-9 (RM) or 3:4b-14 (RCL); Matthew 21: 33-43 (RM) or 33-46 (RCL). Allegory: an exercise in interpretation that may well leave you wondering,…