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Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 10:17-31: Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, October 13, 2024 The Gospel of Mark 10:17-31 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do youContinue reading “Reflection on The Gospel of Mark 10:17-31 Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost October 13, 2024”

Collect for Feast of St. Francis  Most high, omnipotent good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy. O God, you have made us and all living things.Continue reading “Reflection on The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi: October 4, 2024”

The Gospel of Mark 9:38-50 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwardContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 9:38-50 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 29, 2024”

Collect for the First Day of Fall                                                                                       Loving Creator, As the earth tilts and the days grow shorter, we give thanks for the beauty of autumn. We marvel at the vibrant colors of the leaves, the crispness of the air, and the harvests that sustain us. Grant us the wisdom to embrace theContinue reading “Reflection on First Day of Fall 2024”

The Gospel of Mark 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.”Continue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 9:30-37 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 22, 2024”

The Gospel of John 12:31-36a  Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. The crowdContinue reading “Holy Cross Day Reflection on The Gospel of John 12:31-36a September 14, 2024”

The Gospel of Mark 8:27-38 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who doContinue reading “Reflection on the Gospel of Mark 8:27-38 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 15, 2024”

Let us never forget: On the morning of September 11, 2001, 2,976 people from 93 nations lost their lives in New York, at the Pentagon, and on Flight 93. Today, we pause to remember that moment of horror and pray for those left scarred by those terrible events.” We remember the first time we heardContinue reading “Remembering 9/11 Patriots Day 2024”

The Epistle of James 2:1-17 My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take noticeContinue reading “Reflection on the Epistle of James 2:1-17 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 8, 2024”