18th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings for Today.

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“So what were you arguing about on the road?”  It sounds like a question I might ask my children at dinner:  So, what did you learn at school today? Jesus asks the question, hoping the disciples will come clean about their conversation.

And he gets the answer one might expect.  Heads drop. Shoulders slump. I’m kind of surprised Mark doesn’t tell us one of the disciples said, “Nothin’.” Or my personal favorite, “Stuff.”  I imagine an extra element in this scene: Furtive glances at the others, to see if anyone will dare to say something, anything.

17th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings for today.

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Amidst a long day of traveling, Jesus turns to his disciples and asks, “Who do you say that I am?”

Let’s stop the story in that moment and look around.  Jesus is in the heyday of his ministry. In the chapter leading up to this passage, he has been feeding the thousands, healing people left and right, and teaching his sometimes-quite-dense disciples.  He and his entourage are headed to Caesarea Philippi, and, as they walk, he asks the disciples who the people say he is. For that matter, who do his disciples say he is?

16th Sunday after Pentecost - 1st Sunday @ St Hilda St Patrick

Readings for today.

Listen to the sermon.

Good morning, St Hilda St Patrick!

It is so good to be here with you!  I am looking forward to building relationships and ministry with you over the coming months.