Sunday's Readings

SUNDAY’S READINGS | May 15, 2022 Acts 11:1-18 Ps. 148 Rev. 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 “The circumcised believers criticized him, saying, ‘Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?’ Then Peter began to explain to them, step by step, saying, ‘I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from … [Read more...] about 5 Easter, Year C: Cosmic Praise

SUNDAY’S READINGS | May 8, 2022 Acts 9:36-43 Ps. 23 Rev. 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, … [Read more...] about 4 Easter, Year C: The Call

SUNDAY’S READINGS | May 1, 2022 Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) Ps. 30 Rev. 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 Saul of Tarsus, the persecutor of the Church, and Simon Peter, who denied Jesus three times, both undergo a profound conversion. They arrive at their new and transformed condition, not through self-reflection or the pangs of conscience, nor human persuasions. Rather, they each have a … [Read more...] about 3 Easter, Year C: Conversion

SUNDAY’S READINGS | April 24, 2022 Acts 5:27-32 Ps. 118:14-29 or Ps. 150 Rev. 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 The signs recorded in the gospel all have one purpose. Jesus turned water into wine, healed a young man near death, gave strength to a lame man at a pool of water, fed more than 5,000, walked upon the stormy sea, gave sight to a man born blind, raised Lazarus from the dead — … [Read more...] about 2 Easter, Year C: From Captivity to Freedom

SUNDAY’S READINGS | April 17, 2022 Acts 10:34-43 or Isa. 65:17-25 Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Cor. 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12 In the Nicene Creed, we say, “For our sake, he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again.” The third day is revisited in your hearing. We stand in the moment and … [Read more...] about Easter, Year C: Joy and Victory

SUNDAY’S READINGS | April 10, 2022 Isa. 50:4-9a Ps. 31:9-16 Phil. 2:5-11 Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-48 After hearing the long Passion narrative, the congregation will feel and know that something extraordinary has happened, beyond all imagination and knowing. Tremulous emotions of guilt and sorrow and loss will fill any space into which the preacher dares to speak. … [Read more...] about Palm Sunday, Year C: The Son of Man

SUNDAY’S READINGS | March 27, 2022 Josh. 5:9-12 Ps. 32 2 Cor. 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The following paragraph is an exercise in thinking strictly from a human point of view regarding the appointed Gospel reading. Tax collectors, sinners, and all reprobates may expect to receive, if there be any justice, exactly what they deserve, if not in this life, then in a … [Read more...] about 4 Lent, Year C: A New Point of View