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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Luke 12:49-53 Jesus Warned Us! “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!  But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!  Do you think I came to bring peace on earth?  No, I tell you, but division.  From now on there will be […]

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Luke 12:32-40 Do Not Be Afraid Little Flock! “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.  Sell your possessions and give to the poor.  Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.  […]

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Luke 12:13-21 What Is Your Attitude Toward Possessions? Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”  Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”  Then he said to them, “Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist […]

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Luke 11:1-13 Jesus Teaches Us the Importance of Prayer! One day Jesus was praying in a certain place.  When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”  He said to them, “When you pray, say:  ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.  Give us each day our […]

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Luke 10:38-42 What Did I Choose Today? As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.  She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.  But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be […]