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…

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                     Year C                         26th June 2022 Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 19 v15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5 v1, 13-25; Luke 9 v51-62 Guidelines for followers of Jesus. Luke relates how Jesus reacted when he and his followers encountered rejection by the inhabitants of a village in Samaria. They simply move…

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.             Year C                         19th June 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 65 v1-9;  Psalm 22 v19-28;  Galatians 3 v23-29;  Luke 8 v26-39. ‘But the people were terrified’ (Luke 8 v35d) In the gospel reading for today we read of Jesus healing a man possessed by ‘many demons’. This poor man had been…

Trinity Sunday                                  Year C                                                 12th June 2022 Lectionary readings:  Proverbs 8 v1-4, 22-31;    Psalm 8;    Romans 5 v1-5;    John 16 v12-15. The source of Wisdom. “You made us a little lower than yourself. You let us rule everything your hands have made. And you put all of it under our power”.  (Psalm 8 v5,6).…

Pentecost                                            Year C                                                 5th June 2022 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 11 v1-9;    Psalm 104 v24-34, 35b;    Romans 8 v14-17;    Acts 2 v1-21;   John 14 v8-17. The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit. In the Jewish tradition, the festival of Pentecost, a celebration of first fruits of harvest, comes fifty days after Passover. Some Christians…

Seventh Sunday of Easter                            Year C                                     29th May 2022 Lectionary Readings:  Acts 16 v16-34;   Psalm 97;   Revelation 22 v12-21;   John 17 v20-26. Jesus said, “I will be one with them”. In the reading from John’s gospel, Jesus is praying for us, his followers. Jesus said, “I told them what you are like and I…