Reflection for the Third Sunday in Lent B
Exodus 20: 1-17; Psalm 116 (RM) or 22 (RCL); Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1: 18, 22-25 (RM) or 18-25 (RCL); John 2: 13-25 (RM) or 18-22 (RCL). An old friend…
Reflection for the Second Sunday in Lent B
Genesis 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 (RM) or Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16 (RCL); Psalm 116 (RM) or 22 (RCL); Romans 8: 31b-34 (RM) or 4: 13-25 (RCL); Mark 9: 2-10…
On the Threshold of Lent 2024
In the Christian world, Lent comes, as it always does, in late winter/early spring, when the world is grey, and seasons shifting.The beginning of the 40-day Lenten season is always…
A Time To Be
Lent is a time for embracing reflection and renewal. A time to allow spaces for quieting the buzz of what goes on in and around and allow the silence to…
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent A
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…
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent A
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…
Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent A
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…
Joy is a Verb
I find myself today thinking, oddly, about joy. I say oddly because I am just coming out of the deepest, darkest of winter- an annual journey through the worst of…