Posts Tagged ‘Gospel According to Mark’
Amazement
In the early days of the COVID pandemic, I watched a newscast in which an emergency-room nurse who was on a brief break burst into singing the familiar hymn, “Amazing Grace.” It struck me that, in the midst of the flurry and fluster, this nurse found her voice in a ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Daniel (Chapter 17:10-16) When you were a child were you ever taught that you had a guardian angel? Well, the archangel Michael was considered to be the guardian of Israel. Here, the prophet Daniel associates the appearance of Michael with these words from God: ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the first Book of Kings (Chapter 17:10-16) The scene here is very stark. There is a drought in the region. The prophet Elijah comes into the city and he is hungry and thirsty. He asks a poor widow who is at the point of starvation herself for water and ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy (Chapter 31:7-9) “Moses spoke to the people, saying: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” That is the basis of ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (Chapter 31:7-9) “The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of Wisdom (Chapter 7:7-11) The Book of Wisdom is one of the last books in the Hebrew Bible, compiled not too long before the birth of Jesus. Notice that Wisdom is referred to as “she,” an interesting term in a patriarchal society. The writer imagines the words ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of Genesis (Chapter 2:18-24) This is the ancient story in which God creates woman from the rib of the man. It is a parable with a powerful message but one that has been used for centuries to defend the primacy of men over women on the premise ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of Numbers (Chapter 11:25-29) “The Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, the Lord bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.” However, there were ...Read More
Prayer: For Attention to God’s Word
Jesus, your words have power both to frighten and to delight me. Help me be attentive, to hear what you are teaching me about death and about life. Open my eyes to the challenges you put before me. Show me how to receive the “little ones.” Give me a generous spirit and a compassionate heart. I ask ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of Wisdom (Chapter 2:12, 17-20) This book was written sometime between the late first century BC and the early first century AD—in other words, roughly around the lifetime of Jesus. And there are several verses that could apply to Jesus: “Let us beset the just one, ...Read More
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