September 10. 2017 Pentecost 14A Romans 13:8-10

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in […]

September 3, 2017 Pentecost 13A Matthew 16:21-28

In this week’s Gospel Jesus makes his first “passion” prediction. “Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” […]

August 27, 2017 Matthew 16:13-15 Pentecost 12A

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said […]

August 20, 2017 Pentecost 11A Matthew 15:21-28

This week’s Gospel features a story about a woman, a Canaanite woman, and her daughter who is possessed by a demon. And nobody cares.

Not many did care. This woman was one of the “marginal” people living in Palestine 2000 years ago. She was an expendable […]

August 13, 2017 Pentecost 10A 1 Kings 19:9-18

I never stopped loving you Long enough to make a change I never stopped thinking of you Along the narrow way They can try and nail me down But after being with you I know you’ll always be around

When you were […]

August 6, 2017 Pentecost 9A Matthew 14:13-21

I don’t know about you, but all too often I seem to live my life out of a place scarcity. I tend to see the glass half empty, I am afraid there won’t be enough, and in the process I make myself scarce. The origin of […]

July 30, 2017 Pentecost 8A Romans 8:26-39

In this week’s appointed epistle from the book of Romans St. Paul writes confidently, “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be […]

July 23, 2017 Pentecost 7A Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Once again Jesus tell us, “The Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to …” and then he goes on to tell us a parable that surprises, even shocks us, as we realize that the Kingdom of Heaven is radically different than the governments or powers of […]

July 16, 2017 Pentecost 6A Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

“And Jesus told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much […]