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Readings and Reflections for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Samuel 2:1-10 Hebrews 10:11-25 Mark 13:1-8 1 Samuel contains the “Song of Hannah”. Hannah receives the gift of a firstborn son, and expresses her gratitude and amazement at the Lord who acknowledges the cry of a humble woman. A little further along in the story she dedicates her son …Read MoreReadings and Reflections for the Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 17:8-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 Dear Friends, 1 Kings 17 tells the story of the prophet Elijah, who is sent by the Lord to the home of a poor widow. Though it is a time of famine and drought and she is at the end of her meager food …Read MoreReadings and Reflections for the Sunday After All Saints Day
Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44 Dear Friends, The prophet Isaiah looks forward to a time when God fulfills all promises and brings all people into the great banquet that is fullness of life. Described as a feast of rich food and wine, this festive gathering means the end of …Read MoreReadings and Reflections for the Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost
Jeremiah 31:7-9 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 Dear Friends, The prophet Jeremiah speaks word of hope to a conquered people, living as captives in a foreign land. God will bring them all back home again, saving and restoring Israel once more in their own land. Mark’s Gospel tells the story of a blind man begging …Read MoreReadings and Reflections for the Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 53:4-12 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45 Dear Friends, The prophet Isaiah describes a person who is struck down by God to bear the iniquities of the people of Israel. Christians later saw in this the foreshadowing of Jesus who, in obeying the will of God, went “like a lamb led to its …Read More