Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year C                      2nd October 2022 Lectionary Readings: Habakkuk 1 v1-4, 2 v1-4; Psalm 37 v1-9; 2 Timothy 1 v1-14; Luke 17 v5-10. Faith, Trust and Mission. “You have been trusted with a wonderful treasure. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who lives within you.” (2…

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year C             25th September 2022 Lectionary Readings:  Amos 6 v1a, 4-7;   Psalm 146;   1 Timothy 6 v6-19;   Luke 16 v19-31. Warnings to the rich. This week’s readings continue the theme of recent weeks about the dangers of trusting in wealth. The prophet Amos takes the rulers of Jerusalem and…

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time      Year C                        18th September 2022 Lectionary Readings:  Amos 8 v4-7;   Psalm 113;   1 Timothy 2 v1-7;   Luke 16 v1-13. God and money. Amos was send by God to the northern kingdom of Israel during a period of prosperity to expose its rotten core. Amos warned the people of impending…

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year C             11th September 2022 Lectionary Readings: Exodus 32 v7-14; Psalm 51 v1-10; 1 Timothy 1 v12-17; Luke 15 v1-10. RSVP Luke tells of a time when Jesus was surrounded by a crowd made up of ‘tax collectors and sinners’ and ‘Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses’.…

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…