Tag: Gospel of Matthew
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Reign of Christ, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Faith in action that equips & cares for others
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Overcoming the bone chilling of expectations of the Divine
“For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.” (Matthew 25:14 – 15) We continue on with analogies and metaphors concerning the…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: The pundits as religious teachers
“Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.” (Matthew 23:1 – 3) “How can that be?”, I have to ask.…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Strong words for leaders who have forgotten their place, and calling
“Listen to another parable.” (Matthew 21:33a) I am reminder again of the story I read of Matthew, tracking down those who had heard Jesus teach & speak and writing down what they heard him say. There were, from what we read in the gospel of Matthew (that may be different from the stories that Matthew…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Look around you believing one . . . for those you see on earth, you may see again in Heaven
“He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Looking to the One Who Does Not Give Up on Us
“He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.”…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: The Mixed Yield of the Good News Being Spread
I am remembering again the book I read about Matthew setting down the story of Jesus as told by his mother – a historical fiction book, based on the known fact that someone must have heard about Jesus’ early life and the years he traveled the area of Galilee preaching, teaching & healing. Why not…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage – Not seduced by public acceptance; nor by the confirmation that the world gives
“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! “So have no fear of…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Old Fashioned Evangelism; being called to it
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples,…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023: Gospel Passage: Faith & Belief – Leading to Renewed Life – By Grace & Hope
“As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the…
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