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 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 9
Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2: 13-18 (RM) or 11-22 (RCL); Mark 6:30-34 (RM) or 30-34, 53-56 (RCL). Don’t you just hate cliffhangers? It’s the last episode of the…
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 7
Ezekiel 2: 3-5 (RM in Canada), 2-5 (RM in the U.S.) or 1-5 (RCL); Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10 (RM) or 2-10 (RCL); Mark 6: 1-6 (RM) or Mark…
Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 6
Wisdom 1:13-15 (RM) or Lamentations 3:22-33 (RCL); Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 (RM) or 7-15 (RCL); Mark 5:21-43. Twelve years. Twelve long years. Twelve short years. Short if…
Reflection for the First Sunday in Lent B
Genesis 9: 8-15 RM) or 8-17 (RCL); Psalm 25 (RM) or 51 (RCL); 1 Peter 3: 18-22; Mark 1: 12-15 (RM) or 9-15 (RCL) Honestly, doesn’t it seem sometimes like…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Epiphany B
Leviticus 13: 1-2, 44-46 (RM) or 2 Kings 5: 1-14 (RCL); Psalm 32 (RM) or 34 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 10: 31—11:1 (RM) or 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27 (RCL); Mark 1:…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Epiphany B
Job 7: 1-4, 6-7 (RM) or Isaiah 40: 21-31 (RCL); Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23 (RM) or 16-23 (RCL); Mark 1: 29-39. Don’t you sometimes wish you could…
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time B
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; Psalm 95 (RM) or 111 (RCL); 1 Corinthians 7: 32-35 (RM) or 8: 1-13 (RCL); Mark 1: 21-28. A word of warning: our Reflection on this week’s…
Second Sunday of Advent B
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…