When I first started writing these Monday Meditations I was surprised how the readings often seemed patched together. Now I’m surprised to find one that’s a coherent story — as is the case in the Gospel for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mark 10:17-31 It is a nuanced conversation on the topic of wealth […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 10:2-16
On the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Revised Common Lectionary gives us another chunk of Mark with two very different stories. Mark 10:2-16 The temptation in Mark 10:2-16 is to let one story swamp the other. For the preacher it probably makes sense to choose just one. That’s probably the way to a coherent sermon. […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 9:30-37
On the 25th Sunday of Ordinary time the lectionary skips ahead most of a chapter to Mark 9:30-37. (A little bit of the skipped part came up earlier in the year: Mark 9:2-9 was the Gospel for the last Sunday before Lent, the Transfiguration.) Last week in chapter 8 Jesus started predicting his passion and […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 8:27-38
Most of this Sunday’s lectionary Gospel is making its second appearance this year: The 2nd Sunday of Lent gave us Mark 8:31-38 The 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time has Mark 8:27-38. (Mark 8:1-26 is left out in the cold, alas. I consider this an enormous loss. I’ll have to write on it some day — […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 7:24-37
In the lectionary Gospel reading for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary time (Mark 7:24-37), we have two very different healing stories. What unites them is that they both happen as Jesus and his friends are on the same travel itinerary through Tyre, Sidon, and the Decapolis. Mysteries in Mark 7:24-37 There are a number of […]
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