September 10, Gathered
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 18:15-20) Jesus says, “where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in their midst.” In the Psalm we pray, “If…
September 3, Deny
In today’s Gospel Story (My 16:21-27) Jesus says, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny themself, take up their cross and follow me”. What does he mean? What is…
27 August, Who?
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 16:13-20) Jesus asked his disciples two questions: “who do people say I am?”, and “who do you say I am?”. The answers are noticeably different.…
August 20, Canaanite Woman
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 15:21-28) a Canaanite woman asks Jesus to heal her daughter. The disciples try to send her away because she is not “one of them”. Jesus…
August 13, Storm
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 14:22-33) some disciples are in a boat when a bad storm comes up and they are terrified. They see Jesus walking on the water and…
August 6, Transfiguration
Today’s Gospel (Mt 17:1-9) is the Transfiguration. Jesus takes some disciples up a mountain and shows them who he really is. Peter wants to stay there, but Jesus says to…
23 July, Weeds
Jesus used parables to shock the people, and us, into a new way of thinking and seeing things. In todays Gospel Story (Mt 13:24-30), he tells the parable of the…
July 16, Sower
Today’s Gospel Story is the Parable of the Sower, the Seed, and the Soil. It’s worth remembering that Jesus used parables to startle the people out of their complacency and…
July 9, Little Ones
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus talks about God hiding things from the learned and clever and revealing them to “little ones”. When we prayerfully open ourselves to Jesus in the…
Trinity Sunday 2023
On Trinity Sunday we celebrate our belief that God is Trinity, One God, Three Persons: Father, Son, Spirit. We see God the Father as the Creator, God the Son, Jesus,…