Body and Blood of Christ – C Genesis 14:18–20 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 Luke 9:11b–17 Food and drink. Very ordinary, very simple. Very necessary. Without them we die. Stop eating and drinking and we will soon be having a burial. The word we have just heard is all about food, the ordinary food of that time: […]
Abbey 2013 March 21 – PASSING OF OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT Genesis: 12: 1-4a Philippians 4:4-9 John 17: 20-26 At first hearing the Word we have just heard doesn’t seem to have much to do with death or a passage from this world to the next. But […]
Abbey 2013 Fifth Sunday of Lent – C Isaiah 43:16–21 Philippians 3:8–14 John 8:1-11 The Gospel from John we have just heard is often titled “The Woman Caught in Adultery.” At first hearing we might nod our heads in agreement. But really the Gospel is not about the sexual behavior of the woman. It probably […]
Abbey 2013 First Sunday of Lent – C Deuteronomy 26:4–10 […]
Abbey 2013 Epiphany Isaiah 60:1–6 Ephesians 3:2–3a, 5–6 Matthew 2:1–12 [This story of the magi coming to Bethlehem is so familiar to us that perhaps we don’t really hear it any more. When a story like this is so well known and it is repeated, year in and year out, it is easy to say […]
Abbey 2012 Isaiah 52:7–10 Hebrews 1:1–6 John 1:1–18 Christmas Day is known for its singing. Perhaps more than another Christian feast, Christmas has generated an abundance of music from Gregorian chants to hymns and carols. Joyful singing is the mark of the day. Christmas concerts are a staple of the season. The prophet Isaiah today […]
Abbey Second Sunday of Advent – C Baruch 5:1–9 Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 Luke 3:1-6 This is one of those rare Sundays in the year when the Gospel does not mention Jesus directly; it does not recount an incident from his life or one of his sayings. Jesus is absent in some way or at least […]