And it's time again to open the scriptures and begun to ponder the readings for this coming weekend's liturgy for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.The readings and background material on them can be found here and if you'll be accompanying children to Mass this weekend, take a look here for hints on preparing young ones to hear the scriptures.
The scriptures today raise the question, "Does God confine the gift of his Spirit to authorized channels?" The day's first scripture from the Book of Numbers and the gospel passage from Mark tell us, in the words of Jesus, that "whoever is not against us is with us."
The last of five weeks of readings from the Letter of James is a stinging indictment of the wealthy, of those who want for little.
As I've mentioned before, I carrry a copy of the readings in a small notebook in my pocket all week long so that I can, on a moment's notice, review the scriptures I'll be preaching and jot down ideas as they come. Looking over the scriptures ahead of time is a great way for preachers and those who hear them to let the Word simmer in our daily lives from Sunday to Sunday.
Still wondering why that graphic is on this post? That means you haven't yet followed the link to the readings!
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-ConcordPastor
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