Day of Resurrection: Easter Sunday

Reading — Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 We begin again.  Today is the First Sunday of Advent.  Today is the first Sunday of our New Year.  In a conversation recorded by St. Matthew, Jesus took the disciples back to the time of Noah and the Ark.  He encouraged them to be awake,…

Readings — I Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Part I  The Lord God is our Good Shepherd, especially in troubling times, like when it feels like we are walking the valley of the shadow of death.  God is there with us walking in the darkness with us. If you don’t quite know…

Reading — Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 84; Hebrews 2: 14-18; Luke 2: 22-40 From our Gospel reading this day there are two elements that demand our attention.                                                                                                                                                        First, Simeon said to Mary – …a sword will pierce your own soul too. Second, Luke wrote that …they returned to Galilee, to their own town…

Readings — Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 105:1-6,23-26,45c; Romans 12:9-12; Matthew 16:21-18 To be a person of faith in our times is to be a person of courage. To be a person of faith is to keep our eyes, our ears, our hearts, and our minds open to the presence of God, and to act in partnership…