Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary time Year B                                                 24th October 2021 Lectionary Readings:  Jeremiah 31 v7-9;   Psalm 126;   Hebrews 7 v23-28;   Mark 10 v46-52. ‘Faith’ and ‘Sight’. The Collins Bible Dictionary defines faith as: ‘Essentially an attitude of mind and heart by which a person entrusts themselves to God. The Bible’s own definition is that…

Twenty-ninth Sunday in ordinary Time     Year B                                    17th October 2021 Lectionary readings: Isaiah 53 v4-12;  Psalm 91 v9-16;   Hebrews 5 v1-10;   Mark 10 v35-45. A lesson about ‘Kingship’. James and John asked Jesus if they could sit beside him when he ‘came into his glory’ Jesus was disappointed by their request for places of honour.…

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time               Year B                         10th October 2021 Lectionary Readings:   Amos 5 v6-7, 10-15;   Psalm 90 v12-17;   Hebrews 4 v12-16;             Mark 10 v17-31. Money can’t buy you love. In Mark’s account of Jesus’ encounter with a rich man, (a ‘young’ man in Matthew’s account), Jesus acknowledges that the unnamed man is sincere…

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                         3rd October 2021. Lectionary Readings: Genesis 2 v18-24;   Psalm 8;  Hebrews 1 v1-4, 2 v5-12;  Mark 10 v2-16. Bonds of love. Jesus said, “I promise you that you cannot get into God’s kingdom unless you accept it the way a child does.” (Mark 10 v15). Babies and…

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                Year B                         26th September 2021. Lectionary Readings: Numbers 11 v4-29;  Psalm 19 v7-14;  James 5 v13-20;  Mark 9 v38-50. For and Against. John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he was not one of us, and we told…

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year B                             19th September 2021 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 11 v18-20;  Psalm 54;  James 3 v13-4 v3, 7-8a; Mark 9 v30-37. Welcome Jesus said, “When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me.” (Mark 9…

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year B                         12th September 2021 Lectionary readings:   Isaiah 50 v4-9a;   Psalm 116 v1-9;   James 3 v1-12;   Mark 8 v27-38. Guard your tongue! “My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to…

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year B                         5th September 2021 Lectionary Readings:   Isaiah 35 v4-7a;    Psalm 146;    James 2 v1-17;    Mark 7 v24-37. Compassion and Faith. In the passage from Mark’s gospel we read that Jesus had travelled from Galilee towards the Mediterranean Sea and was staying near the town of Tyre in Phoenicia,…

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time                          Year B                         29th August 2021 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 4 v1-2, 6-9;        Psalm 15;        James 1 v17-27;       Mark 7 v1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Listen and Obey! “God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey and don’t just hear and forget.” (James 1 v25b). The theme of…

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary time                   Year B                                     22nd August 2021 Lectionary readings: Joshua 24 v1-2a, 14-18;      Psalm 34 v15-22;      Ephesians 6 v10-20;      John 6 v56-69. Eternal Life and Salvation In the reading from John’s gospel, Simon Peter says “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life.…