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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 7th July 2024

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year B                                     7th July 2024. Lectionary Readings:  Ezekiel 2 v1-5;    Psalm 123;    2 Corinthians 12 v2-10;    Mark 6 v1-13. Reading between the lines. In the first part of today’s gospel reading, Mark tells us that Jesus is in his home town of Nazareth. It is the Sabbath day and…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 30th June 2024

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                                 Year B                             30th June 2024. Lectionary readings:  Lamentations 3 v22-33;        Psalm 30;       2 Corinthians 8 v7-15;        Mark 5 v21-43. The flow of God’s love. At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, Luke records Jesus quoting from the book of the prophet Isaiah. ‘The Lord’s Spirit has come…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 23rd June 2024

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year B                                                 23rd  June 2024 Lectionary Readings:  Job 38 v1-11;     Psalm 107 v1-3, 23-32;     2 Corinthians 6 v1-13;     Mark 4 v35-41. Teacher, Lord, Master. Was the ‘Storm on the Lake’ incident a miracle or a teaching point, or both? The miracles recorded in the gospels seem to me to…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 16th June 2024

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                                    16th June 2024. Lectionary Readings: Ezekiel 17 v22-24;   Psalm 92 v1-4, 12-15;    2 Corinthians 5 v6-17;    Mark 4 v26-34. Seeds of the Kingdom? One way to begin thinking about Mark’s ‘seed’ stories is to ponder what Jesus meant by ‘The kingdom of God’ when he introduced these…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 9th June 2024

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                                          9th June 2024 Lectionary readings:Genesis 3 v8-15; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4 v13-5v1;  Mark 3 v20-35 The true source of the power to heal. People in ancient times lived in fear of demons, who they thought were responsible for a whole range of what we would call…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd June 2024

Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year B                                                 2nd June 2024. Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 5 v12-15;     Psalm 81 v1-10;     2 Corinthians 4 v5-12;     Mark 2 v23 – 3 v6. Radical interpretations. Mark tells of an encounter between Jesus and a group of Pharisees. The action takes place at a Jewish ‘meeting place’ in the region…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 26th May 2024

Trinity Sunday                                  Year B                                                            26th May 2024. Lectionary Readings:     Isaiah 6 v1-8;      Psalm 29;      Romans 8 v12-17;      John 3 v1-17. Transforming relationships The apostle Paul argues that “Only those people who are led by God’s Spirit are his children”. (Romans 8 v14). Paul goes on to suggest that the relationship between these children and…