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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 31st July 2022

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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th July 2022

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…

Count Zinzendorf : First Fruit

Count Zinzendorf : First Fruit   by Janet and Geoff Benge   YWAM Publishing, 2005(Christian Heroes Then and Now) 183 pages £7.00  ISBN 978 1 576 582 626 Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, (1700 – 1760), a count of the Holy Roman Empire was an unusually mature Christian at a very young age. His father died six weeks…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 17th July 2022

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.…

Prophetic untimeliness

Prophetic untimeliness : a challenge to the idol of relevance by Os GuinnessBaker Books, 2003  123 pages £   ISBN 978 0 801 065 606 The key to getting the main thrust of Os Guinness’s work is in the subtitle – ‘the idol of relevance’. The Christian gospel has ever been a challenge to the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 10th July 2022

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…

Faith in the Age of Reason

Faith in the Age of Reason  by Jonathan HillLion, 2004  208 pages  £8.99 ISBN 0 745 951 309 Setting the scene first in the Middle Ages, Jonathan Hill then embarks on a sweeping, historical  survey of the impact of the Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, on the Christian faith. The movement of ideas is traced…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 3rd July 2022

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…