Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent A
1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a (RM) or 1-13 (RCL); Psalm 23; Ephesians 5: 8-14; John 9: 1-41 “What did I do to deserve this? What was God thinking? Is…
1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a (RM) or 1-13 (RCL); Psalm 23; Ephesians 5: 8-14; John 9: 1-41 “What did I do to deserve this? What was God thinking? Is…
Exodus 17: 4-7 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 95; Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); John 4: 5-42. Lent is the season par excellence for an examination of…
Genesis 12: 1-4a; Psalm 33 (RM) or 121 (RCL); 2 Timothy 1: 8b-10 (RM) or Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17 (RCL); Matthew 17: 1-9 (RM) or John 3: 1-17 (alt. in…
Genesis 2: 7-9, 16-18, 25, 3:1-7 (RM) or 2: 7-9, 3: 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 51; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1-11. On the First Sunday of Lent, I remember a…
Leviticus 19: 1-2, 17-18 (RM) or 11-2, 9-18 (RCL); Psalm 103; I Corinthians 3: 16-23 (RM) or 10-11, 16-23 (RCL); Matthew 5: 38-48. For those marking Transfiguration Sunday: Exodus 24:…
Sirach 15: 15-20 (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 119; I Corinthians 2: 6-10 (RM) or 3: 1-9 (RCL); Matthew 5: 17-37 (RM) or 21-37 (RCL). One of my…
Isaiah 58: 7-10 (RM) or 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 112; I Corinthians 2: 1-5 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Matthew 5: 13-16 (RM) or 13-20 (RCL). For this Reflection: Matthew 5: 1-12…
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…
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,…
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…