Reflection for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 19
Susan will be away for the next couple of weeks, so there will be no Friday reflections on October 4 and October 11. Her Friday reflections will resume on October…
Reflection for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 18
Wisdom 2: 12, 17-20 RM / Jeremiah 11: 18-20 RCL; Psalm 54; James 3:16 - 4: 3; Mark 9: 30-37. Some time ago I visited a small rural cemetery where…
Reflection for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 17
Isaiah 50: 4c-9a; Psalm 116; James 2: 14-18 (RM) or 3: 1-12 (RCL); Mark 8: 27-35 (RM) or 27-38 (RCL.) On a sunny Sunday afternoon in June, many long years…
Reflection for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 16
Isaiah 35: 4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2: 1-5 (RM) or 1-10, 14-17 (RCL); Mark 7: 31-37 (RM) or 24-37 (RCL.)Why tell a good story when you can tell a great…
Reflection for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 15
Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8 (RM) or 6-9 (RCL); Psalm 15; James 1: 17-18, 21b-22, 27 (RM) or 1-17 (RCL); Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Rules. Law. The rule of law.…
Reflection for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 14
Joshua 24: 1-2a, 15-17, 18b (RM) or 1-2a, 14-18 (RCL); Psalm 34; Ephesians 5: 1-2, 21-35 (RM) or Eph 6: 10-20 (RCL); John 6: 53, 60-69 (RM) or 56-69 (RCL.)…
Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 13
Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5: 15-20; John 6: 51-58. There’s a saying I’ve run across more than once lately: “In our time, we tend to think that the ancient…
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 12
1 Kings 19: 4-8; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2 (RM) or 4:25-5:2 (RCL); John 6: 41-51 (RM or 35, 41-51 (RCL). Be careful what you pray for. God might just give…
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 11
Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15, 31 (RM) or 2-4, 9-15 (RCL); Psalm 78; Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24 (RM) or 1-16 (RCL); John 6: 24-35. It‘s hard to think of anyone who…
Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 10
2 Kings 4: 42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4: 1-6 (RM) or 3: 14-21 (RCL); John 6: 1-15 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL). Oh I remember this one. For some odd reason…