Isaiah 45: 5-8,18-25      Psalm 85: 8-13     Luke 7: 19-23 For me, it has been a year of some darkness.  Like John the Baptist in today’s gospel reading, I’ve sometimes yearned

    Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17a      Psalm 25: 3-8      Matthew 21: 23-27 After Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his cleansing of the temple of the merchants (Mt. 21: 12-13) Jesus

Isaiah 35:1-10    Psalm 85:8-13     Luke 5: 17-26 The man in the Gospel is named “friend” by Jesus because of the love and serving he accepts with trust. Jesus sees the faith and

  Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1156B, fol. 82r. Isaiah 40:1-11   Psalm 85:1-2,8-13    2 Peter 3:8-15a    Mark 1:1-8 Isaiah 40: ‘Comfort, comfort my people, says your God…’ At the

  Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26   Psalm 147:1-12   Matthew 9:35-10:1,5-8 Recently, I tried an experiment, and cut the bottom off a celery stalk and the bottom off a head of lettuce and put both in water.

  Isaiah 29:17-24 Psalm 27:1-6, 17-18  Matthew 9:27-31 In the last six months, “Believe in Jesus” has been the constant mantra for many Christians. In the advice given on how to get through this time of pandemic, political upheaval,

  Isaiah 25:6-9    Psalm 23     Matthew 15:29-39 Psalm 23:4—Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me.Isaiah 26:9—My soul yearns for you in the night;

  Isaiah 11:1-10   Psalm 72:1-8   Luke 10:21-24 When we read all of Luke 10 to learn more about “the seventy others,” we find that Jesus sent them (not the disciples!) ahead of him

  Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Matthew 8:5-13 This passage in Matthew demonstrates an exceptionally strong profession of faith. What is marvellous, indeed incredible about this is that the advocate of the faith-filled request is a