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Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2025: Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6;John 13:31-35; Psalm 148 Today’s lessons give us both a vision of life on earth in the presence of God, and instructions on how to be there. The vision helps us know why we do what we do: See, the home of God is among…

Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025: Acts 9:36-43; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30; Psalm 23 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, when we are reminded of the frequency with which Jesus used images of sheep and shepherds in his preaching. This reflects the fact…

Third Sunday of Easter, 4 May, 2025: Acts 9:1-6, (7-20); Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19; Psalm 30 What are the points of change in your life? For a man named Saul, the answer was easy. Everything changed when he was on the road to Damascus. A light from heaven flashed, and he heard Jesus voice asking…

Second Sunday of Easter, April 27, 2025: Acts 5:27-32; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31; Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150 It’s been quite a few days for the followers of Jesus. The passover seder, where Jesus washed their feet; a trip to the garden, where he prayed. Then the arrest and trial, and finally his crucifixion. The…

Easter Sunday, April 20,2025: Isaiah 65:17-25; Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! This proclamation, repeated three times, begins the Easter liturgy. We have made it through the long days of Lent, and the hard days of Holy Week. We have sat…

Passion Sunday with Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025: Luke 19:28-40; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 AND Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 (or Luke 23:1-49); Psalm 31:9-16 Today is the Sunday of two moods: we begin with reading about Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, with crowds cheering him on, throwing their cloaks on the…

Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 6, 2025: Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8; Psalm 126 Today’s gospel recounts a story that is told in all four gospels, a sign that it was very important to the early church. In all of them, Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. He is with his disciples having…

Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2025: Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32; Psalm 32 Today we hear again the familiar parable of the prodigal son. I can’t remember when I first heard this parable, but I cannot remember when I did not know the story. Most of us are familiar with it,…

Third Sunday of Lent: Exodus 3:1-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9; Psalm 63:1-8 If “they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” Moses’ question is not unreasonable: after all, the voice from the burning bush has just said “I AM the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the…

Second Sunday of Lent, March 16, 2025: Genesis 15:1-12,17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1;Luke 13:31-35; Psalm 27 Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem when some pharisees warn him that Herod wants to kill him. Oddly, he does not thank them. Instead, he acts as if they were Herod’s messengers, sending an angry message back to Herod. Did…