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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 7th September 2025

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year C             7th September 2025 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 31st August 2025

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year C             31st August 2025 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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th August 2025

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year C                         24th August 2025 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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 17th August 2025

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                     Year C                         17th August 2025 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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 10th August 2025

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time          Year C                                              10th August 2025 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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 3rd August 2025

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                    Year C                         3rd August 2025 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…

John Wesley’s theology of Christian Perfection 

John Wesley’s theology of Christian Perfection  by William M Greathouse MA, DDWesley Fellowship, 1989 (Occasional Paper No. 4) 24 pages £2 This is a paper presented to the Wesley Fellowship in October 1988 by Dr William Greathouse of the Church of the Nazarenes. So much has been published on John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 27th July 2025

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year C             27th July 2025 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…

Eye can write

Eye Can Write by Jonathan BryanPublished by Blink Publishing, 2019 A few weeks ago a good friend said to me ” Sadly Jonathan Bryan has died”. I had not heard of him but she sent me a copy of his book as a gift. I have since bought 4 copies to give to others. Some of…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 20th July 2025

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                       Year C                        20th July 2025 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.…