Reflection for the Thirty-Fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King Sunday C
2 Samuel 5:1-3 (RM) or Jeremiah 23:1-6 (RCL); Psalm 122 (RM) or 46 (RCL); Colossians 1: 12-20 (RM) or 11-20 (RCL); Luke 23:35-43 (RM) or 33-43 (RCL.) Kings seem to…
Reflection for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost C
Malachi 3:19-20a (RM) or Malachi 4:1-2a (RCL); Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 (RM) or 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 (RCL); Luke 21:5-19.The human brain has a wonderful capacity to restore balance when…
Reflection for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / All Saints Sunday C
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; Psalm 17; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 For All Saints Sunday: Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6: 20-31 It seems to hang in…
Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 11: 22 – 12: 2 (RM) or Isaiah 1: 10-18 (RCL); Psalm 145 or 32; 2 Thessalonians 1: 11 - 2: 2 (RM) or 1: 1-4, 11-12 (RCL); Luke…
Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost C
Sirach 35: 12-14, 16-18 (RM) or 35: 12-17(RCL); Psalm 34 or 84; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18; Luke 18: 9-14. Did you, by chance, grow up with the older English…
Reflection for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Please note that there will be no scripture reflections posted on October 7th and October 14th. Susan's scripture reflections will resume on October 21st. Habakkuk 1: 2-3, 2: 2-4 (RM)…
Reflection for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6: 11-16 (RM) or 6-19 (RCL); Luke 16: 19-31 In 2009 I accepted a longstanding invitation to visit the St. Ephrem Ecumenical…
Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Amos 8: 4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Luke 16: 1-13 or 10-13 (RM) or 1-13 (RCL) Well now we’ve seen everything. The Bible advocating…
Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14 (RM) or 7-14 (RCL); Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Luke 15: 1-32 or 1-10 (RM) or 1-10 (RCL) I was at work in the university…
Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 9: 13-18b (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 90 or 1; Philemon: 9-10, 12-17 (RM) or Philemon: 1-21 (RCL); Luke 14: 25-33 Really, you’d think it would have…