Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost A
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
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,…
Reflection for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost A
Ezekiel 18: 25-28 (RM) or 18:1-4, 25-32 (RCL); Psalm 25; Philippians 2: 1-11 (RM) or 1-13 (RCL); Matthew 21: 28-32 (RM) or 23-32 (RCL). The famous Philippians hymn turns up…
Reflection for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost A
Isaiah 55: 6-9 (RM) or Jonah 3:10 –4:11 (RCL); Psalm 145 Philippians 1: 20-24, 27 (RM) or 21-30 (RCL); Matthew 20: 1-16. The First Reading for this Sunday, in the…
Reflection for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sirach 27:30 – 28:7 (RM) or Genesis 50: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 103; Romans 14: 7-9 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Matthew 18: 21-35. This is so, so hard. God, is this…
Reflection for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Ezekiel 33: 7-9 (RM) or 7-11 (RCL); Psalm 95 (RM) or 119 (RCL); Romans 13: 8-10 (RM) or 8-14 (RCL); Matthew 18: 15-20. If you have a family member, a…
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Jeremiah 20: 7-9 (RM) or Jeremiah 15: 15-21 (RCL); Psalm 63 (RM) or 26 (RCL); Romans 12: 1-2 (RM) or Romans 12: [1-2] 19-21 (RCL); Matthew 16: 21-27 (RM) or…
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 22: 19-23 (RM) or Isaiah 51: 1-6; Psalm 138; Romans 11: 33-36 (RM) or Romans 12: 1-8 (RCL); Matthew 16: 13-20. What’s in a name? Maybe, a mistaken identity?…
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7 (RM) or 1, 6-8 (RCL); Psalm 67; Romans 11: 13-15, 29-32 (RM) or 1-2a, 29-32 (RCL); Matthew 15: 21-28 (RM) or (10-20), 21-28 (RCL). It’s happened…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time or Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-13a (RM) or 9-18 (RCL); Psalm 85; Romans 9: 1-5 (RM) or Romans 10: 5-15 (RCL); Matthew 14: 22-33. Suddenly becoming aware of your vulnerability is…