Year B Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Today is Trinity Sunday… it’s the day we do our best to peel away the veil of mystery which obscures the Three in One… the One in Three… it’s the mystery which was first hinted at last...
Year B Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 Acts 2:1-21 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Today’s reading from Ezekiel… is one of the readings often associated with Pentecost…… the prophet describes a vision of God breathing new life into dry human bones… bones which lie scattered on the floor of a...
Year B Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The word Ascension… is one of those church words which may not have much… if any meaning… to those outside the church… in fact… the ascension of Christ and Ascension Day itself may seem like an obscure...
Year B Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… How well do we know ourselves… are we aware of the underlying motivations for every choice we make… have we ever discovered something about ourselves which surprised us… are there walls which keep others from knowing...
In Deuteronomy 5:8-9, God said: You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the LORD your...