Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 18, 2022
Joseph often seems to be in the background of the nativity. The Gospel of Matthew places him before us as a role model of a person that is living in God’s new age of grace and love.
Joseph often seems to be in the background of the nativity. The Gospel of Matthew places him before us as a role model of a person that is living in God’s new age of grace and love.
For this Christ the King Sunday, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. On this final Sunday of the church year, our gospel reading from Matthew is Jesus’ great story of judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served […]
For this Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. Being disciples of Jesus is also a call for us to be wise and thankful stewards of God’s creation and God’s generous blessings. We are in the midst […]
For this Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Jeremiah, the prophet speaks of the incurable wound of his suffering. Yet, Jeremiah finds in God’s words the delight of his heart. In Matthew, […]
For this Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Isaiah, the people are advised to look to their spiritual ancestors as the rock from which they were hewn. In the reading from Matthew, […]
For this Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Isaiah we hear that God’s house shall be a house of prayer for all people and that God will gather the outcasts of Israel. […]
For this Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Matthew, we hear the familiar story of the disciples in a boat caught in a fearful storm on the sea. Jesus comes to the disciples and […]
For this Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Matthew, we hear the familiar story of Jesus feeding a crowd of 5,000 persons. Jesus feeds the hungry multitude and reveals the abundance of God. We […]
For this Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and follow Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Matthew, we hear a series of kingdom parables, where Jesus offers everyday images that reveal to us the reign of God: such as a tree that becomes […]
For this Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, as we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and follow Jesus’ call to discipleship. The path of discipleship challenges us who follow Jesus. The seed of God’s word is planted in us. God’s word is like the rain that waters the earth and […]