Sunday's Readings

SUNDAY’S READINGS | October 24, 2021 Job 42:1-6, 10-17 or Jer. 31:7-9 Ps. 34:1-8, (19-22) or Ps. 126 Heb. 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 Almost everyone feels out of place at some time, the odd sense of not belon... Read more...

As we pass through things temporal, we are, moment by moment, “more wonderfully restored.”

Because Jesus has touched and transformed the lowest places, the sting of death is removed, and the promise of everlasting life shines forth.

SUNDAY’S READINGS | October 3, 2021 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 We are social creatures, and we need friends. “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not go... Read more...

Jesus is not trying to make us a little better; he intends to make us new beings, participants in his eternal life.

In the death of Jesus, the evils of this world were fully exposed, spent, and forgiven.

Christ is the Wisdom of God. He is perfect; he revives the soul, is sure and just, rejoices the heart, and gives light to the eyes.

The grace and healing of Christ are opened in these stories to every family, language, people, and nation.

We need help; we need rules; we need to be vigilant over our inner lives, but we should not quench the Spirit of love and liberty.