August 28, 2022 — 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 […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022 — 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 14, 2022
August 14, 2022 — 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 7, 2022
August 7, 2022 — 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 us […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — July 31, 2022
July 31, 2022 — 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 24, 2022
July 24, 2022 — 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, but they are also 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 others. […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: July 17, 2022
July 17, 2022 — 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 three mysterious […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: July 10, 2022
July 10, 2022 — Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time DT 30:10-14; PS 69:14,17,30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 OR PS 19:8-11; COL 1:15-20; LK 10: 25-37 Today’s readings show us that to live as good stewards means to follow God’s commands and to live our lives as a gift in service to others. The First Reading, from the […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: July 3, 2022
July 3, 2022 — Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time IS 66:10-14C; PS 66:1-7, 16, 20; GAL 6: 14-18; LK 10:1-12, 17-20 In today’s Gospel passage, from Luke, we find our Lord appointing disciples to go out and prepare others to receive His invitation into the Kingdom of God. Every verse has something to say about […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: June 26, 2022
June 26, 2022 — Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 KGS 19:16B, 19-21; PS 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; GAL 5:1,13-18; LK 9:51-62 Today’s readings take us back to the basics, inviting us to reflect honestly on our deepest priorities in life. In the second reading, from Galatians, St. Paul reminds us of the essence of the […]
