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Trust in the Lord
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, February 16, 2025: Jeremiah 17:5-10; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26; Psalm 1 Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength,whose hearts turn away from the Lord. . .Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,whose trust is the Lord. It’s all about where you put…
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Here am I, send me
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 9, 2025: Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13]; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11; Psalm 138 Today we hear two stories of being called, both of which make me a bit uneasy. In Isaiah we hear the story of him being called. In a vision, Isaiah sees the Lord seated on a throne, and…
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My eyes have seen your salvation
The Presentation of our Lord, February 2, 2025: Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40; Psalm 84 or Psalm 24:7-10 Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation,which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentilesand for…
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If one suffers, all suffer with them
Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 26, 2025: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21; Psalm 19 “There are many members, yet one body.” Thus Paul, in the first letter to the Corinthians. What does it mean to be one body when we are clearly divided? This past week we have seen Bishop…
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Do good to those who hate you
Second Sunday after Epiphany, 19 January 2025: Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11; Psalm 36:5-10 Martin Luther King Jr., Pastor and Martyr Exodus 3:7–12; Psalm 77:11–20; Ephesians 6:10-20; Luke 6:27–36 Today I am juggling two sets of readings: those for the second Sunday after Epiphany, and those for Martin Luther King Jr. Together they…
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I have called you by name, you are mine
First Sunday after Epiphany, The Baptism of our Lord: Isaiah 43:1-7; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Psalm 29 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;…
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Jesus as a child
Second Sunday after Christmas, January 5, 2025: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52; or Matthew 2:1-12; Psalm 84 or 84:1-8 This Sunday, the lectionary offers three choices for the Gospel: two phases of the story of the Wise Men, and the story of Jesus in the temple. These are among the few…
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The Word became flesh
First Sunday after Christmas, 29 December 2024: Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18; Psalm 147 or 147:13-21 Today’s Gospel is one that I love to listen to, but never fully understand. I will think I understand one sentence, and then the next sentence leaves me baffled. In some ways the center of it is…
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A child has been born to us
Christmas, December 25: Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14(15-20); Psalm 96 When the angels show up for the shepherds, with “the glory of the Lord” shining around them, the shepherds were (rightly) terrified. Terror was the appropriate response to seeing the glory of the Lord. Moses felt it too, when he saw the burning bush.…
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Blessed is she who believed
Fourth Sunday in Advent, 22 December 2024: Micah 5:2-5a; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45, (46-55); Canticle 15 (or 3). The beginning of Micah’s prophecy for Bethlehem “You, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah” is a reminder that Bethlehem was probably not where you expected a Messiah to be born.…