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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 25th September 2022

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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 18th September 2022

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…

Jeremiah (The Soncino Books of the Bible)

Jeremiah (The Soncino Books of the Bible), commentary by Rabbi Dr H FreedmanSoncino Press, 1949 369 pages  available from Langdon eTraders via Amazon   £15 This commentary on the Old Testament book of Jeremiah is one of a series (14 vols in all) published, with many reprints, just after the second World War. Rabbi Dr H…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 4th September 2022

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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 28th August 2022

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…

The 400 Blows (Les 400 coups) 

The 400 Blows (Les 400 coups)  dvd, 99 minutes   French with English subtitles The title of this film can be read literally or, as in the French version, as an idiom meaning ‘running wild’. It is a truly remarkable film both in its content and because of the time when it was produced – 1959.…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 21st August 2022

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…

2084 : Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity by John C LennoxZondervan Reflective, 2020  239 pages £12  ISBN 978 0 310 109 563 Professor John Lennox is well known for tackling current scientific issues from a Biblical point of view – a careful and thoughtful defender of the Christian faith of the first order.…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 14th August 2022

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…