Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 27, 2020

For this Seventeenth 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 Jesus’ parable about two sons who don’t do what they say reveals surprises in the reign of God. In the reading […]

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 20, 2020

For this Sixteenth 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 one of Jesus’ controversial parables in which Jesus says that the reign of God is like that of a landowner who […]

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 13, 2020

For this Fifteenth 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, Peter asks Jesus a question about forgiveness. The reality is that we do sin against one another, and Jesus’ challenge that we forgive […]

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 6, 2020

For this Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. Conflict is a part of relationships and life in community. Jesus’ words in today’s reading from Matthew are often used in situations having to do with church discipline. […]

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 30, 2020

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, […]