Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year C             4th September 2022 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 30 v15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon v1-21; Luke 14 v25-33. The seemingly impossible demands of being a disciple. Jesus said, “You cannot be my disciples unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children and…

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year C             28th August 2022 Lectionary Readings: Proverbs 25 v6,7; Psalm 112; Hebrews 13 v1-8, 15,16; Luke 14 v1, 7-14. Hospitality Luke says, ‘One Sabbath, Jesus was having dinner in the home of an important Pharisee, and everyone was carefully watching Jesus’. (Luke 14 v1). ‘Jesus saw how the…

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year C                         21st August 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 58 v9b-14; Psalm 103 v1-8; Hebrews 12 v18-29; Luke 13 v10-17 Compassion trumps ‘Religion’ In today’s gospel reading, Luke recalls an incident where Jesus heals a woman on the Sabbath and upsets the local worship leader! The man in charge of…

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                     Year C                         14th August 2022 Lectionary readings: Jeremiah 23 v23-29; Psalm 82; Hebrews 11 v29-12v2; Luke 12 v49-56. Justice and Peace. Jesus asked his followers, “Why don’t you understand the right thing to do?” (Luke 12 v57). Today’s gospel reading follows on from the one about faithful and unfaithful…

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time          Year C                                              7th August 2022 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 15 v1-6;        Psalm 33 v12-22;       Hebrews 11 v1-3, 8-16;         Luke 12 v32-40 Treasure Jesus said, “My little group of disciples, don’t be afraid! Your father wants to give you the kingdom. Sell what you have and give the…

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                    Year C                         31st July 2022 Lectionary readings: Ecclesiastes 1 v2, 12-14, 2 v18-23; Psalm 49 v1-12; Colossians 3 v1-11; Luke 12 v13-21. Rich in the sight of God. In today’s gospel reading, Jesus finishes his story of the rich fool by saying, “This is what happens to people who…

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year C             24th July 2022 Lectionary readings: Genesis 18 v20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2 v6-15; Luke 11 v1-13. Gifts to help us with Prayer, Intercession and Petition. In today’s gospel reading, Luke groups together some of Jesus’ teaching on the subject of prayer. In response to the disciples…

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                       Year C                        17th July 2022 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 18 v1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1 v15-28; Luke 10 v38-42. What bothers Jesus. Luke follows the story of the ‘Good Samaritan’ with a seemingly random tale of two sisters. The Lord and his disciples were travelling along and came to a village.…

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                                    Year C             10th July 2022 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy. 30 v9-14; Psalm 25 v1-10; Colossians v1-14; Luke 10 v25-37 Obey the Lord’s commands! In the gospel reading today, Luke tells us of an encounter between an ‘expert in the Law of Moses’ and Jesus. The ‘expert’ asked Jesus a question…

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year C            3rd July 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 66 v10-14; Psalm 66 v1-9; Galatians 6 v1-16; Luke 10 v1-20. The power of personal testimony In today’s gospel reading Luke recalls that Jesus sent seventy-two of his followers into the towns and villages ahead of him as he made his way…