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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 16th November 2025

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time      Year C                             16thNovember 2025 Lectionary readings: Malachi 4 v1-2a;       Psalm 98;       2 Thessalonians 3 v6-13;       Luke 21 v5-19. Healing and Faith‘But for you who honour my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays.’ (Malachi 4 v2). ‘Sing a new song to the Lord!…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 9th November 2025

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.              Year C             9th November 2025 Lectionary Readings: Job 19 v23-27a;    Psalm 17 v1-9;    2 Thessalonians 2 v1-5, 13-17;    Luke 20 v27-38. Life in the Kingdom of God. The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said…(Luke…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd November 2025

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year C.                       2nd November 2025 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah1 v10-18;      Psalm 32 v1-7;      2 Thessalonians 1 v1-4, 11-12;      Luke 19 v1-10. Hypocrisy and Honesty. Isaiah speaks for God in challenging the hypocrisy of the Temple worshippers of his day. God says, “No matter how much you pray, I won’t listen. You…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 26th October 2025

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year C                         26th October 2025 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 14 v7-10, 19-22;     Psalm 84 v1-7;     2 Timothy 4 v6-8, 16-18;     Luke 18 v9-14. Better? ‘Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else.’ (Luke 18 v9) The story…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 19th October 2025

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time                Year C                         19th October 2025 Lectionary readings: Genesis 32 v22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3 v14-4 v5; Luke 18 v1-8. Present or Future? Luke recalls a story that Jesus told his disciples about a crooked judge and a persistent widow in order to illustrate how the disciples should keep…