The Heavens are Opened!

We witness the baptism of Jesus, reaffirm the baptismal covenant, and enter anew into the mystery of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit from “opened heavens” for the work of evangelism that lies ahead ...

January 2017

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Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

Come and See

In the story of the calling of the first disciples from John’s gospel, we are inspired and challenged to come and see how Jesus lives ourselves and to continue to invite those we know to come with us....

January 2017

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Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

Follow Me

At the end of the story of the calling of the first disciples in Matthew’s gospel, we follow Jesus with his disciples into the places of greatest need and opportunity and offering teaching, good news,...

January 2017

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Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

#Blessed

We’ve seen Jesus in action. Now we settle in for the first of four weeks to hear him teach his first disciples with a large crowd in the background. Today he sets us straight about who and what God’s ...

February 2017

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Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

Salt and Light and Righteousness Abounding

In light of who and what God is blessing and how different that is from what the world and sometimes even the church seems to bless, how do we then live? As salty, light-shining people whose righteous...

February 2017

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Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

This, Not That

Jesus continues to offer concrete examples of what life in God’s kingdom does, and doesn’t, look like....

February 2017

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Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A

And Now Your Reward

Blessings are a gift of God in God’s kingdom. Rewards are the result of living more fully into the ways of God’s kingdom, or as we might say, “growing in holiness of heart and life.” Jesus reminds us ...

February 2017

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Transfiguration of the Lord, Year A

Shine!

Today we exult in the vision of God’s exaltation of Jesus and in anticipation of our own transfiguration now and in the age to come. That hope, that vision, drives us not to stay where we are on the m...