Posts Tagged ‘Patience’

Third Sunday of Advent: Being Progressively Patient

Dec 7, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 35: 1-6, 10. The prophet sees the desert blooming with new life, as the eyes of the blind our open, the ears of the deaf unsealed, and everyone returns singing to Zion. James 5: 7-10. The patience of the farmer is emphasized. He plants the seed in the autumn and waits through ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Advent, Isaiah, James, Jesus, Kingdom of heaven, Matthew, Patience, Progressive

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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Do not be Deceived.

Nov 9, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Malachi 3:19-20. The day is coming, blazing like an oven, but for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12. Paul worked day and night, laboring to the point of exhaustion. All Christians should earn the food they eat by working quietly. ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged end-times, Jesus, Malachi, Patience, Paul, persecution, perseverance, Temple, thirty-third sunday in ordinary time

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Twenty Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Lost and Found

Sep 8, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14. The people revolt and worship a golden calf. God threatens to destroy them and raise up a new people through Moses. At Moses’ entreaty, the Lord relented. 1 Timothy 1:12-17. God forgives Paul, the former persecutor of the church, to show that Christ Jesus came into the world to save ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged 9-11, compassion, Exodus, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Lost, Luke, Moses, Patience, Paul, Prodigal Son, Timothy

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Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time: Reevaluating Our Relationships

Sep 1, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18. If we can scarcely guess about earthly things, how can we ever know heavenly secrets? God sends the Holy Spirit to make known our paths on earth. Philemon 9-10, 12-17. In returning the runaway slave Onesimus to his owner Philemon, Paul asks the latter to receive the slave as a beloved brother. ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged humility, Jesus, Luke, Patience, Paul, Philemon, Relationship, Wisdom

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Third Sunday of Easter: Gamaliel’s Rule

Apr 13, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Acts 5:27-32, 40-41. The Apostles respond to the High Priest and the Sanhedrin: God has raised up Jesus whom you put to death. The Sanhedrin, after being consulted by Gamaliel, dismissed the apostles after having them whipped. Revelations 5:11-14. In a vision about heaven, John heard the voices of many angels, crying out ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Acts, Gamaliel, Gamaliel's rule, Jesus, John, Patience, Peter, Third Sunday of Easter, tolerance

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Feast of the Holy Family

Dec 22, 2009

Readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14. Obedience and honor are due to one’s parents, patient consideration especially in their old age when their mind fails. Colossians 3:12-21. We are to clothe ourselves with patience, humility, kindness and especially forgiveness within our families. Luke 2:41-52. When the boy Jesus was found by Mary and Joseph in the temple, he ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Christ, Colossians, family, forgive, forgiveness, God, Holy Family, Jesus, Joseph, Lost in the Temple, love, Luke, Mary, Patience, Peace, Pope Benedict XVI, Sirach