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Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 10, 2026: Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21; Psalm 66:7-18 Today’s gospel starts out abruptly. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments“. It’s a somewhat daunting start. But that’s only because this is the continuation of the discussion we read last week. Both are part of Jesus’s…

Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2026: Acts 7:55-60;1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe. This prayer from the psalmists reflects what we all seek: a safe place to live. The in John, Jesus tells his disciples In my Father’s house there are many…

Fourth Sunday of Easter, 26 April 2026: Acts 2:42-47;1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10; Psalm 23 This Sunday is often known as Good Shepherd Sunday, as we explore what it means to have a shepherd and what it means to be sheep. It’s worth starting with some basic facts. In Jesus’ time — and that of…

Second Sunday of Easter, April 12, 2026: Acts 2:14a,22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31; Psalm 16 Every year, on the Sunday after Easter the lectionary gives us this account from John’s gospel of Thomas. He is generally known by his role in this story, as “doubting Thomas”. Knowing that this is an important story, it…

Sunday of the Passion/ Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026: The Liturgy of the Palms: Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29. The Liturgy of the Word: Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14- 27:66 The readings for today span many emotions, and place us in difficult places. After all, we know that sometimes we are cheering…

Fifth Sunday in Lent, 21 March 2026: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45; Psalm 130 The Lord says to Ezekiel, “Mortal, can these bones live?” The answer is, of course, yes. The Lord causes the bones to be knit together, and eventually to breathe. And then the Lord has Ezekiel tell the people of Israel,…

Third Sunday in Lent, 8 March 2026: Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42; Psalm 95 The Israelites were quarreling and unhappy. They’d left Egypt, and were in the “wilderness”, a desert. There was no water. They quarreled with Moses. Why had he taken them from Egypt into this unforgiving land, where they and their livestock…

Second Sunday in Lent, 1 March 2026: Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17; Psalm 121 In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. (Genesis 12:3) God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:17)…

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 8, 2026: Psalm 112:1-9, (10); Isaiah 58:1-9a, 9b-12]; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16]; Matthew 5:13-20 “You are the salt of the earth“. Jesus is giving us an identity, but it’s a description. We *are* salt. Salt: in Jesus’ world, it was a primary preservative, keeping food fresh for times when it…

Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, February 1, 2026: Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12; Psalm 15 What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? It seems simple. Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly with your God. It is all action, things…