Season after Pentecost | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23; (Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 33:12-22;) Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40
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Season after Pentecost | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
1 Kings 19:4-8 (Psalm 34:1-8); Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51 | Semi-continuous first reading: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 (Psalm 130)
Season after Pentecost | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b; (1 Kings 19:9-18; Psalm 85:8-13;) Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33
Luke 12:32-40
"I have a philosophy about life,” a friend said recently. “The world would be a much better place if people took a moment to let people know about the positive impact they have had on others’ lives. Too much time is spent on negativity. The good in people simply isn’t recognized; too often it is taken for granted.”
Matthew’s story of Jesus walking on the water with Peter can spawn bad theologies.
In 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain. For centuries they had been tolerated there, and their labor had helped to build a great country. But King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, anxious to establish their hold over a newly united Spain by means of the Catholic Church and the Inquisition, gave the Jews a stark choice: they must be baptized or flee.
Thou shalt not be ridiculous. Paul says, "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." When Paul wrote that wonderful sentence he probably was sitting in an upper room in Athens. It was late at night, quiet, and all the fools were asleep.
God has become clear in the person of Jesus.
Fear rules the emotions of Joseph’s brothers and strikes the hearts of Jesus’ disciples.