March 24, 2019 — Third Sunday of Lent EX: 3:1-8A, 13.15; PS 103: 1-4, 6-8, 11; 1 COR 10:1-6, 10-12, LK 13:1-9 Today’s readings capture the essence of God’s Lenten message to us, His people, offering words of compassion and mercy as well as warning of the need to repent and make the most of […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: March 17, 2019
March 17, 2019 — Second Sunday of Lent GN 15:5-12, 17-18; PS 27:1, 7-9, 13-14; PHIL 3:17-4:1 or PHIL 3:20-4:1; LK 9:28B-36 In last week’s Gospel, we followed Jesus into the desert where He fasted and prayed. This week, He leads us up a mountain to witness His Transfiguration. Why both of these experiences? He […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: March 10, 2019
March 10, 2019 — First Sunday of Lent DT 26: 4-10; PS 91:1-2, 10-15; ROM 10: 8-13; LK 4: 1-13 And so it begins — the holy and, for some, daunting, season of Lent. This is the season in our liturgical year when the Church encourages us to increase our prayer, fasting and almsgiving in […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: March 3, 2019
March 3, 2019 — Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time SIR 27: 4-7; PS 92: 2-3, 13-16; 1 COR 15: 54-58; LK 6: 39-45 Today’s readings exhort us Christian disciples to form ourselves — mind and heart — in imitation of Christ so we can better reflect His goodness in our daily lives. The first reading from […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: February 24, 2019
February 24, 2019 — Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 SM 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; PS 103: 1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 COR 15: 45-49; LK 6: 27-38 In today’s Gospel taken from the sixth chapter of Luke, Jesus offers a very challenging, seemingly impossible approach to daily life. “Love your enemies, do good to […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — February 17, 2019
February 17, 2019 — Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time JER 17: 5-8; PS 1:1-4,6; 1 COR 15:12, 16-20; LK 6: 17, 20-26 Today’s readings speak of an essential quality for the Christian steward — hope. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: February 10, 2019
February 10, 2019 — Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeIS 6: 1-2A, 3-8; PS 138: 1-5, 7-8; 1 COR 15:1-11 or 1 COR 15:3-8, 11; LK 5: 1-11 Our readings today remind us of the great privilege we have in calling ourselves children and disciples of the Most High God. The First Reading from Isaiah describes a […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: February 3, 2019
February 3, 2019 — Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time JER 1:4-5, 17-19; PS 71:1-6, 15-17; 1 COR 12:31-13:13 or 1 COR 13:4-13; LK 4:21-30 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.” These ancient words in our First Reading […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings: January 27, 2019
January 27, 2019 — Third Sunday in Ordinary Time NEH 8: 2-4A, 5-6, 8-10; PS 19: 8-10, 15; 1 COR 12:12-30 or 1 COR 12:12-14, 27; LK 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 Today’s Second Reading, from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, picks up where we left off last week and continues with a similar […]
Stewardship Bulletin Reflection: January 27, 2019
January 27, 2019 — Third Sunday in Ordinary Time NEH 8: 2-4A, 5-6, 8-10; PS 19: 8-10, 15; 1 COR 12:12-30 or 1 COR 12:12-14, 27; LK 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 In St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, it states “If they were all one part, where would the body be? But as it is there […]
