Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-14;John 1:(1-9) 10-18 Christmas 2A Adjectives abound this second Sunday after Christmas. The Gospel lesson exudes descriptors of the..
God of all time, as we start a new year , we look back with thanksgiving for your grace woven throughout each..
Isaiah 63:7-9; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 Christmas 1A The combination of appointed texts for this week scrambles praise for God’s wonderful deeds..
"Wherever we find ourselves this day, we plead for the wisdom to be alert, aware, awake to your inbreaking and the transformation it brings in us and in all creation," writes Jill Duffield.
A Christmas Eve prayer by Jill Duffield.
Lord, we lament the state of our life together. We lament the rancor and the division. We lament our inability to listen..
Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-17; Matthew 1:18-25 Advent 4A Signs and angels mingle with kings and carpenters this week, demonstrating yet again God’s..
Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Advent 3A Total restoration envelops us this third Sunday of Advent. God hones and heightens each..
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 Advent 2A John the Baptist is on the scene, calling for repentance, and people are flocking..
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 Advent 1A Salvation is near. That’s the overwhelming word for this first week of Advent. God..
Give thanks in all circumstances. Your admonition, God, is clear, our execution of it inconsistent. Ours is a culture overflowing with discontent...
Jeremiah 23:1-6; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 Christ the King Sunday bridges Ordinary Time and Advent, inviting us to shift our attention..
Isaiah 65:17-25; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 Ordinary 33C; Proper 28 God’s cosmic and total transformation hovers, lurks and looms this week...
Jill Duffield names the sacrifices made by military members and their families, asks for healing, peace and blessing.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 Ordinary 32C; Proper 27 Our human focus fixates on matters perhaps inconsequential to God...
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 Ordinary 31C; Proper 26 Public. Obvious. Communal. These three adjectives describe Jesus’ encounter..
Joel 2:23-32; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Luke 18:9-14 Ordinary 30C; Proper 25 I come back to this parable of the praying Pharisee and..
Jeremiah 31:27-34; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 Ordinary 29C; Proper 24 The days are surely coming when God’s people will know God’s..
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Ordinary 28C; Proper 23 God traverses all manner of boundaries this week, debunking human..
Ordinary 27C; Proper 22 World Communion Sunday Lamentations 1:1-6; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 We constantly want more. Yet, Jesus tells us..
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 Ordinary 26C; Proper 21 Is there any hope for the rich person? In 1..
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 Ordinary 25C; Proper 20 God calls to account those who abuse their power and use..
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 Ordinary 24C; Proper 19 Oh Jeremiah, you are in touch with God’s anger like..
Jeremiah 18:1-11; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 Ordinary 23C; Proper 18 Can any of us, really, live up to Jesus’ expectations in the..
Lord of all creation, we lament the devastation in the Bahamas and grieve with those still in shock at the level of..
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