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 […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — July 14, 2019
July 14, 2019 — 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 […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — July 7, 2019
July 7, 2019 — 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 30, 2019
June 30, 2019 — 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 […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — June 23, 2019
June 23, 2019 — The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ GN 14:18-20; PS 110:1-4;1 COR 11:23-26; LK 9:11B-17 Today, we observe the Solemnity of the of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. This beautiful feast celebrates the gift of the Eucharist, which the Catechism of the Catholic Church […]
Stewardship Reflection on Lectionary Readings — June 16, 2019
June 16, 2019 — The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity PRV 8:22-31; PS 8: 4-9; ROM 5:1-5; JN 16: 12-15 Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. This feast is rather unique in that it honors a doctrine rather than an event. What we are commemorating today is a central reality of […]
