Third Sunday after Pentecost

Readings – I Samuel 8: 4-20, 11: 14-15; Psalm 138; II Corinthians 4: 13-5:1; Mark 3: 20-35 Last week we learned of Eli, priest of the temple in Shechem, whose sons had abandoned faithful living.  This week we learn of his successor, Samuel, as the text states, “your sons do not follow in your ways”. …

Readings- Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:1-12; Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 9:9-13,18-26 St. Paul writing to the gathered in Rome declares: God gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that do not yet exist. St. Paul is remembering the Abram of our first reading.  At the age of 75 Abram is considered dead, leading a…

Readings: Deuteronomy 18: 15-20, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13, Mark 1: 21-28 As many of you know, I am a member of the Lewisburg Sunrise Rotary Club.  We meet Wednesdays at 7 a.m.  This past week Steve Beattie of the Joint Rail Authority of SEDA-COG was the presenter.  It was all about the hundred…

Readings: Isaiah 60: 1-6; Psalm 72: 1-7,10-14; Ephesians 3: 1-12; Matthew 2: 1-12 There is much to unpack in this familiar passage of the Holy Family and the Magi. Let’s begin with the three gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  In the ancient world, you did not appear before a king without a gift, and the…