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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 4th August 2024

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year B                                     4th August 2024. Lectionary Readings: Exodus 16 v2-4, 9-15;    Psalm 78 v23-29;    Ephesians 4 v1-16;    John 6 v24-35. God’s response to our hunger. The people complain to Moses, their leader (and God’s representative), that they have been rescued from slavery in Egypt, only to starve in…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 28th July 2024

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                   Year B                                     28th July 2024 Lectionary Readings: 2 kings 4 v42-44; Psalm 145 v10-18; Ephesians 3 v14-21; John 6 v1-21. Caring and sharing. ‘One boy brought loaves and fishes no other food was there,but Jesus fed the thousands and still had bread to spare.The miracle of plenty soon spread…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 21st July 2024

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                                   Year B                        21st July 2024. Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 23 v1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2 v11-22;  Mark 6 v30-34, 53-56. Meeting the needs of the people. Mark says, “When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd that was like sheep without a shepherd. He felt sorry for…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 14th July 2024

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                                     14th July 2024. Lectionary Readings: Amos 7 v7-15;  Psalm 85 v8-13;  Ephesians 1 v3-14;  Mark 6 v14-29. Measuring up to God’s standard of justice. Amos writes, ‘The lord showed me a vision of himself standing besides a wall and holding a string with a weight tied to…

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…