Reflections for

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct 13, 2013

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; (2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Psalm 111;) 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19

Living by the Word

Remember the water

2 Kings 5:1-14

Feb 10, 2009 by James C. Howell

Could Peter Leithart be on to something when he calls 2 Kings 5 “the richest Old Testament story of baptism,” one that “anticipates Christian baptism”? The very thought of baptism makes me shudder. I remember mine, since my parents didn’t take me to be sprinkled as an infant.

Blogging Toward Sunday

You better not shop around

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

Oct 07, 2007 by Stan Wilson

Members of our church were studying the Hebrew word shalom one night when someone asked: “Where are the places in our community that seemed to be governed by fear, division, doubt and death?”

Living by the Word

The untouchables

Luke 17:11-19

Oct 02, 2007 by Maggi Dawn

Some years ago I worked in central London with an organization that reached out to people living on the streets. For most, all we could offer was food, clean clothes and a listening ear, but every now and then we met someone who wanted to find a new life. We ran a halfway house with a simple rule of life where a few people at a time could relearn how to live indoors.

Living by the Word

Windfall

Luke 17:11-19

Oct 05, 2004 by Barbara Sholis

There are moments when you just know what’s coming next. No one has to confirm it for you; the feeling in your gut is confirmation enough. After I lay on the ultrasound table for two minutes, the technician left me alone while she went to find the radiologist. I knew I was in trouble. No one had biopsied anything. No one had uttered the word “cancer,” much less “lobular invasive carcinoma,” but I knew.

Living by the Word

And Jesus laughed

Luke 17:11-19

Sep 26, 2001 by Mark Harris

When I read this passage, I’d like to hear the inflection that Jesus gave to these words. “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?” The inflection of the words makes a considerable impact on the meaning of the reading as heard, and would tell us much about Jesus’ reaction to the healing of the lepers.

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