by full_admin | Feb 4, 2024 | Kevin's Messages
Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law, Mount Athos As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, withJames and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told himabout her at once. He came and took her by the...
by full_admin | Jan 28, 2024 | Kevin's Messages
These winter Sundays our lectionary proceeds resolutely through the early parts ofMark’s gospel: the appearance at the Jordan of John the Baptizer with is bath ofrepentance and forgiveness, Jesus’ baptism by John, and the descent of the Spirit like adove, Jesus’...
by full_admin | Jan 20, 2024 | Kevin's Messages
Reflections for the Third Sunday after Epiphany – January 21, 2024Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 “From now on those with wives should live as though they had none” (1 Cor. 7:29).What is it going on here? Is Paul, a busy body moralist, prescribing...
by full_admin | Jan 14, 2024 | Kevin's Messages
1 Corinthians 6:12-20. Lady Bennerley, one of the minor characters in D. H. Lawrence’s book Lady Chatterley’sLover, declares:“So long as you can forget your body you are happy…And the moment you beginto be aware of your body, you are wretched. So, if civilization...
by full_admin | Jan 7, 2024 | Kevin's Messages
Reflections on the Baptism of the LordGenesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 Lorenzo Scott, Baptism of Jesus, 1987 (USA) Today’s feast is about mission – yours, mine, and the garbage collector’s. All the baptized are“missioned,” not just professional...
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