Lectionary: Series A (48)
  1. Matthew encourages us to return to the Word of God, to listen to the promises of God, to hear the ways of His Kingdom, and to let God’s voice guide our work in His world.
  2. The account of the transfiguration of Jesus is indeed about His transfiguration. But, in a way, it is also about the transfiguration of everything else.
  3. Yes, for a moment, Jesus asks the crowds to stop and to look at this beautiful vision. He offers a scenic outlook to the inhabitants of this world.
  4. Jesus not only claims our present moment, but He does so with the grace of eternity. The beatitudes are filled with promises of future blessing.
  5. Today, on the First Sunday of Advent, on the First Sunday of the Church Year, Jesus invites us to bring to Him our humble places.
  6. Jesus is found in places of suffering, both with the one suffering and with the one giving mercy, in the most mysterious of ways.
  7. Those who imagine God as hard and ungracious are judged severely. Those who trust in God’s mercy in Jesus are encouraged immensely.
  8. Rather than ask what bridesmaid we are, Jesus invites us to see what a bridegroom He is.
  9. Instead of the miraculous, Jesus gives us the mundane. Why? Because the Kingdom of God belongs to these people.
  10. Discipleship involves listening to the Word of God. But discipleship is not only about listening to the Word of God. It also involves listening to the world.
  11. In the kitchen of Jesus, God gathers individuals who live on the margins. Their lives do not fit the dress code of a five-star restaurant. Their language offends and their behavior dismays and, deep down, like the disciples, we may just want Jesus to send them away.
  12. No matter how far down you fall into the wavering waters of “If you are...” prayers, Jesus is there.
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