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Good News

26th Sunday after Pentecost                 The chapters of Isaiah leading up to today’s reading are proclamations of a vision that Isaiah has seen. And, they are not…

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The Widow’s Mite

25th Sunday after Pentecost Mark 12:38-44 As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to…

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Agape

24th Sunday after Pentecost Mark 10:17-31 As was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal…

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Called to Serve

22nd Sunday after Pentecost               Mark is the shortest of the four gospels; there’s almost a sense of urgency to it, as if the author wanted the readers…

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Following Jesus

21st Sunday after Pentecost                  Mark 10:17-31  As was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good…

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Wrestling with Job

20th Sunday after Pentecost                   Job 2:1-10 One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before God, and the accuser also came among them to…

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Double Rainbow

18th Sunday after Pentecost          Mark 9:30-37 went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it, for he was teaching…

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Fully Human

17th Sunday after Pentecost                  The Gospel of Mark is the earliest of the synoptic gospels, the other two being Matthew and Luke. Scholars believe Mark was…

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Eat the Crumbs

16th Sunday after Pentecost           Mark 7:24-30 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to…

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Sticks and Stones

15th Sunday after Pentecost                     Mark 7:14-23 Then called the crowd again and said to them, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand:…

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