Christ Denounces the Scribes and the Pharisees, ca. 1576/1580, Leonard Gaultier; from the National Gallery, image in the public domain through CC0. The readings for this Sunday can be found here. At first glance, it may seem...
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Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18bPs 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32Jn 6:60-69 There is...
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The opposite of wisdom is foolishness. One could look at this week’s readings as offering some...
Read MoreiStock photo Happy Easter! Alleluia, Jesus is risen! As we celebrate this Sixth Sunday of Easter today, we may find that some of the Easter joy and excitement at the resurrection has faded from our daily life. And yet, here we...
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Acts 9:26-311 Jn 3:18-24Jn 15:1-8 Sometimes I worry that the way we Christians talk about Lent and...
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Gospel at the Procession of the Palms: Mk 11:1-10Is 50:4-7Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24Phil...
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This week’s readings convey a sense of the epic nature of the events towards which our Lenten...
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From the very start of Advent this year, I was struck by how frequent references to Jesus’...
Read MoreReadings for the Third Sunday of Advent can be found here. And just like that, we find ourselves at the Third Sunday of Advent! If you are thinking that Advent seems to be moving fast, you are right. Because of this being the...
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1st Sunday of Advent year B Happy new year. It is interesting to think about why the readings...
Read MoreThe readings for the 32nd Sunday can be found here. Each year the Christmas songs, decorations, food, and gift ideas seem to make an earlier appearance. Some friends have already put up their Christmas trees, and the stores from...
Read MoreThe readings for this Sunday can be found here. The collect prayer for this Sunday includes the petition: “grant that…we may use the good things that pass in such a way as to hold fast even now to those that ever...
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