Posts Tagged ‘God’
XVI Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34 Thoughts for your consideration: by Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, CP A current liturgical hymn that is fairly popular in church settings is GATHER US IN. It is especially appropriate at the commencement of the eucharist, since people have just arrived and taken their places in their pews or chairs. ... Read more
Third Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 1 John 2:1-5a Luke 24:35-48 Thoughts for your consideration: by John Gonzalez I find the readings during the Easter Season fascinating. Here the disciples of Jesus just experienced an amazing tragedy with the death of the Messiah at the hands of the authorities. Afterwards they experience the amazing intervention by ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Acts, compassion, Easter, God, Greatest Commandment, incarnation, John, justice, Luke, Peter, poor, reconciliation, Resurrection
Lectionary Reflection: Third Sunday of Lent
Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25 Thoughts for your consideration: by John Gonzalez, CPP The lectionary readings for this Sunday remind us of the social contract we have with God. In many ways the heart of Jewish and Christian Scripture is the story of God’s social contract with humanity ... 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
Lectionary Reflection for February 1, 2009
Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28 Thoughts for your consideration: This week God is asking us for our undivided attention. God offers the post-exilic Jewish community an ongoing prophetic tradition. However he warns them that a prophet is not infallible. If the prophet is committed to God alone then his prophesies will ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection for January 25, 2008
Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Thoughts for Your Consideration: For many of us change is a very challenging concept. Change is usually unexpected, sometimes change can be positive, other times it is negative, but almost all the time it throws us off. It is a basic aspect of human nature to ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged change, Christian, Corinthians, God, inauguration, Jesus, Jonah, Lectionary Reflections, Mark, Obama, Paul, suffering
Lectionary Reflection for January 18, 2009
Readings: 1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 John 1:35-42 Thoughts for Your Consideration: This week’s readings offer us two interrelated themes: the call and the temple. The first reading sets these two themes together with Samuel’s experience of being called while he is serving in the temple. Samuel’s experience seems unique but in ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Call, Christian, Corinthians, God, Good News, human dignity, Integrity of Creation, Jesus, John, justice, Paul, Peace, prophet, Samuel, suffering, Temple
January 11, 2009
Lectionary Readings for January 11, 2009: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 or Isaiah 55:1-11 Acts 10:34-38 or 1 John 5:1-9 Mark 1:7-11 Thoughts for Your Consideration: This week’s readings center us on the wondrous event that took place when Jesus was baptized by John. In the Gospel reading by Mark we notice that the highlight is not ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Baptism, Christian, God, Holy Spirit, human dignity, Isaiah, Jesus, justice, Mark, Peace, Peter
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