Posts Tagged ‘Genesis’
First Sunday of Lent: “The Apple”
Lectionary Readings: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7. Despite the beautiful garden where the Lord God made a home for the first couple, they disobeyed and lost their innocence. Romans 5:12-19. “Just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so, through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous. ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Genesis, Jesus, temptation, The Apple
Second Sunday Of Lent: Hoping Against Hope
Lectionary Readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18. By a covenant God renewed the promise to Abram (Abraham) of many descendants and their own land. Philippians 3:17-4:1. We eagerly await the coming of our savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will then give a new form to our lowly body. Luke 9:28-36. At Jesus’ transformation, Moses and Elijah ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Abraham, Genesis, hope, Jesus, Luke, Paul, Philippians, Pope Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi, Transfiguration
Eden and Mountaintop Removal Mining
Care for the environment represents a challenge for all of humanity. It is a matter of a common and universal duty, that of respecting a common good, destined for all, by preventing anyone from using “with impunity the different categories of beings, whether living or inanimate – animals, plants, the natural elements – simply as ... Read more
27 Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Genesis 2:18-24. The creation of man and woman, their vocation to become two in one flesh and to be suitable partners for each other. Hebrew 2:9-11. Jesus is perfected through suffering and tastes death for all. So, he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. Mark 10:2-16. Jesus prohibits divorce and remarriage ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: Second Sunday of lent
Readings: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 Thoughts for your consideration: This Sunday we are asked to see things in a new way. Although the apostles have been with Jesus for a while now there is nothing that can quite prepare them for the ultimate cosmological experience of the Resurrection. It is ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: March 1, 2009
Readings: Gen 9:8-15 1 Pet 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 Thoughts for your consideration: Covenants are a social contract. In many ways the scripture is an ongoing saga of the social contract between God and his Creation. For some Christians this notion of a covenant is understood to be very passive. God is the only active participant ... Read more
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