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Patrick Twomey

The Rev. Patrick Twomey is a retired priest of the Diocese of Fond du Lac, and has written our Sunday's Readings column for many years.

Small Beginnings (Pent. 25, Year B)

The Lord wants our love pouring out from the heart, vibrating in the mind, searing the soul, going from strength to strength.

Generative Love (Pent. 24, Year B)

In loving another person, love is generative. Love-making is life-making, for loving is a way toward love itself, life itself, the hidden ground of love.

Jesus Answers Job (Pent. 23, Year B)

Our sufferings and our bitter argument against the apparent silence of God are deeply heard and deeply felt by he who bears them.

We Are Able (Pent. 22, Year B)

When Jesus asks James and John whether they can “drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,” without any hesitation they answer, “We are able.”

Riches of God (Pent. 21, Year B)

Jesus is poor. Following him requires poverty of spirit and detachment from the relative good of this world.

The Body (Pentecost 20, Year B)

October 6 | Pentecost 20, Year B Job 1:1; 2:1-10 or Gen. 2:18-24 Ps. 26 or Ps. 8 Heb. 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16 Who will deliver us from this...

Such a Time as This (Pent. 19, Year B)

A fearful providence shone directly upon Queen Esther. “Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.”

Two Sides of Obedience (Pent. 18, Year B)

Proverbs 31 and Psalm 1 describe the peace of soul that can result from a combination of obeying God and not eating any “bread of idleness.”

Christ in the World (Pentecost 17, Year B)

September 15 | Pentecost 17, Year B Prov. 1:20-33 or Isa. 50:4-9a Ps. 19 or Wis. 7:26-8:1 or Ps. 116:1-8 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 Ask any teacher. Students who...

He Lifts Up the Lowly (Pent. 16, Year B)

Sometimes an ethical injunction that may seem obvious has been passed down precisely because it was once far from obvious.