 |
| Image: DecorativePapers |
If you read these Word for the Weekend posts frequently, you know how I like to track our approach to seasons and feasts. This coming weekend is the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, after which there'll be only one Sunday left before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
It's especially worth paying attention to these texts because we haven't heard them proclaimed at Sunday Mass for a long time. How long? Twenty years!
The Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, occurs this year for the first time since 1990 because Easter is the last Sunday in April and counting backward from that date until Ash Wednesday leaves eight Sundays between the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Lent.
The readings for this Sunday and commentary on them can be found here.
The readings for this Sunday and commentary on them can be found here.
The first lesson, from Isaiah, is a brief two verses but full in its imagery and the comfort it offers those who fear being abandoned. The same theme plays out in the gospel where Jesus cautions us not to worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will take care of itself and God will provide for us, his beloved, as he does for the birds of the skies and the wild flowers in the fields. In the second scripture of the day, St. Paul continues to address how the Corinthians related to their leaders. Paul defends himself by indicating clearly that the Corinthians' opinion of him matters little - Paul answers to a much higher power!
Bringing children to Mass with you this weekend? Here are some hints to help them prepare to hear the Word of the Lord.
So, now you have an opportunity to preview this Sunday's readings, study them a bit and begin to understand how they speak to your life. Click on those links above - it's the best way to prepare to celebrate the Lord's Day!
Subscribe to A Concord Pastor Comments
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please THINK before you write
and PRAY before you think!