Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9,11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend we celebrate the 235th anniversary of our independence as a nation.  As nations go, we are relatively young historically.  Even so in the short 200+ years of our existence we have grown to be the most powerful nation on earth.  We have access to (and also...
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Lectionary Year A focuses on the Gospel of Matthew. What are the Gospel’s key concerns and messages? The community that produced Matthew’s Gospel faced a myriad of issues. The Gospel, probably written around 85 AD, addresses a community consisting primarily of Christian Jews who accepted Jesus as their Messiah. This places them in conflict...
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Acts 5:27-32, 40-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Remember how it all started.  They were out fishing when a man named Jesus, a stranger, came along.  He told them to cast their nets out in the water.  The catch that day was so great their nets were filled to point of breaking. Today’s gospel account...
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The Sacrament of Anointing is not just for those who are dying. Rather, this sacrament asks God to restore the person to health while at the same time granting the remission of venial sins. That is why it is important they we anoint people early in an illness, or any time that...
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Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 They were struggling with the same thing that nearly every human struggles with at some time in his or her life . . . the desire for power.  On the one hand they were right in affirming that Jesus would enter into glory and be seated on his...
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Second Sunday of Easter – Cycle B – 2009+ Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 Try to put yourself in the sandals of the apostles.  It is Easter Sunday night.  In the last four days they have witnessed the arrest, the conviction and crucifixion of Jesus.  They have placed him in a tomb...
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