Author: stpauls

Genesis 9:8-17, Psalm 25:1-9,1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:9-15           Rainbows do not make me think of Lent – especially after receiving a Valentine’s Day card in the mail from our granddaughter …

Isaiah 58:1-12, Psalm 103:8-14, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21           Our reading from Isaiah begins with God instructing the prophet to “shout out” to the people, calling their attention to “their …

Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-12, 21c, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39           Jesus leaves the synagogue where people are not only amazed that he has commanded an unclean spirit to leave a …

Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Mark 1:21-28 Our gospel reading today begins with Jesus and going into the synagogue in Capernaum and teaching.  It tells us the people, “were …

Jonah 3:1-5, 10, Psalm 62:6-14, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Mark 1:14-30           In 1 Corinthians, Paul writes, “the appointed time has grown short . . . for the present form of this …

1 Samuel 3:1-10, Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, John 1:43-51           After last Sunday’s celebration of the Baptism of our Lord, the gospel of John tells of Jesus calling his …

Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11                 Today we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord.  Jesus comes to John the Baptist, who is “proclaiming a baptism of repentance …

Jeremiah 31:7-14, Psalm 84:1-8, Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19a, Matthew 2:1-12           On this tenth day of Christmas, we continue to hear the story of God coming to us in the flesh …

Isaiah 40:1-11,  Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, 2 Peter 3:8-15a, Mark 1:1018           Isaiah speaks of preparing the way of the Lord, and the gospel quotes from Isaiah to let us know that …

Isaiah 64:1-9,  1 Corinthians 1:3-9,  Psalm 80-:1-7, 16-18,  Mark 13:24-37                 Happy New Year!  Or perhaps I should say, Happy Christian New Year!  On our Christian Calendar, the first Sunday …