When David praises Saul and Jonathan, is he acting out of expediency, faithfulness, or both?
Season after Pentecost | 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or Lamentations 3:23-33 (Psalm 30); 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 | Semi-continuous first reading: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 (Psalm 130)
I've stopped trying to climb over it or knock it down. Now I just sit there.
Read Tamar or Dinah's story with your church. Listen together for their cries.
Jairus knows the weight of justice delayed as justice denied. But he keeps moving.
The woman's presence in a crowd is an act of civil disobedience.