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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 16th February 2025

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                 Year C                         16th February 2025 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 17 v5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15 v12-20; Luke 6 v17-26. Finding the right way. The Psalmist suggests that the way to happiness is towards God and the way to ruin is away from God. (Psalm 1 v1,6). In today’s Old…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 9th February 2025

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time                   Year C                                     9th February 2025 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 6 v1-8 (9-13); Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15 v1-11; Luke 5 v1-11. You (Lord) have made us what we are. The notion of God making us what we are is reflected in all today’s readings. Isaiah is commissioned by God to…

Questions?

One of the things that caught my attention upon first arriving in Ipswich was the Question Mark Sculpture outside the waterfront campus building of the University of Suffolk. It seemed to symbolise the power of curiosity, the spirit of inquiry, and the search for understanding. Questions, after all, are the best way to uncover answers.…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd February 2025

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time                           Year C                         2nd February 2025 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 1 v4-10; Psalm 71 v1-6; 1 Corinthians 13 v1-13; Luke 4 21-30. The people of Nazareth turn against Jesus. Luke’s story of the people’s reaction to Jesus declaring that the prophecy of Isaiah had come true in him, (Luke 4 v16-20),…