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  • How did John see the Spirit anyway? – Epiphany 2 / Ordinary 2

    John 1:29-42 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him;…

  • Cultivating Change – Lent 3C

    Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you…

  • Vintage extravagance – John 2:1-11

    John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what…

  • Good News? Ouch that hurts! Luke 3:7-18 Advent 2 C

    Good News? Ouch that hurts! Luke 3:7-18 Advent 2 C

    Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from…

  • The word came to whom? Luke 3:1-6 Advent 2C

    The word came to whom? Luke 3:1-6 Advent 2C

    Luke 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came…

  • All the Saints who did not despair. John 11:1-45 All Saints Day

    John 11:1-45 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is…

  • “Could we also regain our vision?” Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 30B

    “Could we also regain our vision?” Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 30B

    Mark 10:46-52 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many…

  • Everyone needs an enemy! Mark 10:35-45 Ordinary 29B

    Mark 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one…

  • Let’s divorce God for causing this suffering! Job 2:1-10 Mark 10 2-16 Ordinary 27B

    Job 1:1 1 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. Job 2:1-10 One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself…

  • “Here’s looking at you, kid.” Mark 9:30-37 Ordinary 25B

    “Here’s looking at you, kid.” Mark 9:30-37 Ordinary 25B

    Mark 9:30-37 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But…