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Year C Proper 17: An ambition for humility
So what happens if the audience at the dinner party follows Jesus’ advice? What if the next time they are invited out, they are falling over themselves and each other to sit at the foot of the table? What if … Continue reading
Year C Proper 16: Jeremiah and Jesus
The Book of Jeremiah is a complicated document, and there are many scholarly debates about its history and its voices, its purpose and its people. What we read at its beginning, though, is a classic call story. “Here,” says God, … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s sermon: extract
“In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus goes into a synagogue, to take part in the prayer of his community. He is faithful in his observance, and he is obedient to his tradition. He sees a woman in need of healing, and … Continue reading
Year C Proper 15: “I came to bring fire”
Jesus said, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under, how I am strained, and constrained, and … Continue reading
Assumption
She spent a lot of time running away from reality. When she was young, she ran to the hill country. She sang revolutionary songs that she couldn’t hope to realize. She ran to Egypt, where the fires burn and courage … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, lectionary reflection, poetry
Tagged Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Assumption, Jesus, John 19:26-27, Luke 11:27, Luke 1:38, Luke 1:39-55, Luke 23:27-29, Luke 2:35, Luke 2:41-50, Luke 8:19-21, Luke 8:2-3, Mark 3:31-35, Matthew 12:46-50, Matthew2:14, Mother of God
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The anniversary of a Transfiguration, a mushroom cloud and a drone strike
Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they … Continue reading
Posted in current events, holy days, homily
Tagged August 6, clouds, drone strike, heightened terror alert, Hiroshima, mountaintop, Transfiguration, Yemen
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Year C Proper 13: the divine economy
There are some doors that money doesn’t open; there are some palms that cannot be greased. When Jesus is asked to interfere in a family financial dispute, he declines. Sort it out between yourselves, he tells them. Deal rightly with … Continue reading
Year C Proper 12: What is the world coming to?
What is the world coming to? How many times have we had to ask ourselves that question over the past few months, the past few years? When I told people abroad on vacation where I came from, they had heard … Continue reading
Martha, Mary and the midwife’s advice
Here’s how I’d like the story to go: Martha: lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.” Jesus: “lads, Simon, Andrew, James, Whatsyername, you … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon preparation
Tagged Jesus, love, Luke 10:38-42, Mary and Martha, Midwife, parenting, priorities, washing up
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