September 22, 2019 — Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time AM 8:4-7; PS 113:1-2, 4-8;1 TM 2:1-8; LK 16:1-13 OR LK 6:10-13 After today’s readings, we can’t say we have not been warned about the dangers of mixed up priorities. God’s Word is so very clear today on the necessity of putting Him first in all […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — September 15, 2019
September 15, 2019 — Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time EX 32:7-11, 13-14; PS 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 TM 1:12-17; LK 15:1-32 OR LK 15:1-10 Today’s readings focus on the personal, passionate and merciful love of God, which should fill us with unending gratitude to Him. This gratitude is the fuel that keeps the stewardship way […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — September 8, 2019
September 8, 2019 — Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time WIS 9: 13-18B; PS 90: 3-6,12-14, 17; PHMN 9-10, 12-17; LK 14:25-33 Today’s readings make very clear the demands that will be made of those wanting to be called disciples of Christ. We must be prepared to give our all to Him. But in the end, […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — September 1, 2019
September 1, 2019 — Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time SIR 3: 17-18, 20,28-29;PS 68: 4-7, 10-11; HEB 12:18-19, 22-24A; LK 14:1, 7-14 Today’s readings remind us of a chief virtue that characterizes the Christian steward: humility. This is a virtue that is widely thought of as a form of self-abasement. But that understanding is off the […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — August 25, 2019
August 25, 2019 — Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time IS 66:18-21; PS 117: 1-2; HEB 12:5-7, 11-13; LK 13:22-30 Today’s readings show us that it is not enough to be Christ’s disciples in name only. To be a real disciple, we must live for Christ every day and in every aspect of life. This kind […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019 — Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time JER 38:4-6, 8-10; PS 40:2-4,18; HEB 12:1-4; LK 12:49-53 Today’s readings set a high bar for us Christian stewards, reminding us that a stewardship way of life is meant be a challenging way of life. The bar is set immediately, beginning in the first verse of […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — August 11, 2019
August 11, 2019 — Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time WIS 18: 6-9; PS 33: 1, 12, 18-19, 20-22; HEB 11: 1-2, 8-19 OR HEB 11: 1-2, 8-12; LK 12:32-48 OR LK 12: 35-40 Whether you are just beginning your stewardship journey or have been living a stewardship way of life for years, today’s readings invite […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — August 4, 2019
August 4, 2019 — Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ECC 1:2, 2:21-23; PS 90:3-6, 12-13, 17; COL 3: 1-5, 9-11; LK 12:13-21 Today’s readings come as a pat on the back from Heaven for all of us striving to live a stewardship way of life. They remind us why we live the way we do, make […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — July 28, 2019
July 28, 2019 — Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time GN 18:20-32; PS138:1-3, 6-8; COL 2:12-14; LK 11:1-13 The teachings of our Catholic faith are inexhaustibly deep. However, they also are amazingly simple. Today’s readings take us back to the basics, reminding us how we as Christian stewards are to approach our relationship with God and […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — July 21, 2019
July 21, 2019 — Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time GN 18: 1-10A; PS15:2-5; COL 1:24-28; LK 10:38-42 Today’s readings are chock full of inspiration for living a stewardship way of life, starting with our first reading, from Genesis. Here we see the stewardship concept of hospitality at work as Abraham offers a generous welcome to […]
