Yearly Archives: 2024

The Gospel of Mark 4:26-34 Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the fullContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 4:26-34 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 16, 2024”

The Gospel of Mark 3:20-35 The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, andContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 3:20-35 Third Sunday after Pentecost     June 9, 2024”

The Gospel of Mark 2:23-3:6 One sabbath Jesus and his disciples were going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you neverContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 2:23-3:6 Second Sunday after Pentecost June 2, 2024”

The Gospel of John 3:1-17 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.”Continue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of John 3:1-17 Trinity Sunday May 26, 2024”

The Gospel of John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Jesus said to his disciples,” When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning.  “I didContinue reading “Reflection on the Giospel of John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15: Day of Pentecost, May 19, 2024”

What Is Your Final Prayer? – A Sermon On John 17:6-19 Published by Michael K. Marsh on May 12, 2024 I read an interesting and thought-provoking sermon this afternoon.  As you can see by the title it was called “What is your Final Prayer”?  We heard or read the Gospel for this Sunday John 17:Continue reading “What Is Your Final Prayer?”

The Gospel of John 17:6-19 Jesus prayed for his disciples, “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the wordsContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 17:6-19 Seventh Sunday of Easter May 12, 2024”

The Gospel of Luke 24:44-53 Jesus said to his disciples, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you– that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he saidContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Luke 24:44-53, Ascension Day: May 9, 2024”

The Gospel of John 15:9-17 Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things toContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 15: 9-17  Sixth Sunday of Easter May 5, 2024”

The Gospel of John 15:1-8 Jesus said to his disciples, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the words that IContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of John 15:1-8 Fifth Sunday of Easter April 28, 2024”