Year A Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In today’s reading from Exodus… Moses is fretful… he wants God to reassure him… that God will accompany him and the Jewish people as they sojourn… it echoes some of the fear in recent passages… that...
Year C Sirach 35:12-17 Psalm 84:1-6 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18 Luke 18:9-14 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The Book of Sirach was written during the four-hundred-or-so year period… after the last book of the Jewish Testament… Malachi… was written… and before the first book of the Christian Testament… 1 Thessalonians… was written… which...
Year C Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 16:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The passage… the story… in Luke’s Gospel… just before today’s… is the story of the Prodigal Son… the son who was wasteful and extravagant… who spent money and resources freely and recklessly… and who hits bottom… so...
Year C Acts 9:1-20 Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… We know that when Jesus taught… he often told parables… stories which centered on things that were part of daily life… and about which he knew… sheep and shepherds… vineyards and wine… sowing and reaping… lakes and fishing… ...