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The Parable of Prodigal Son and a cliffhanger Mar 26, 2025

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Rejoice, everyone— it’s Laetare Sunday! In our first reading, Joshua leads a new generation into the promised land. Then, Dr. Scott Powell suggests it might be time for some of us to rethink how we approach parables.

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Reading 1 - Joshua 5:9a, 10-12

Psalm 34: 2-7

Reading 2 - 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Gospel - Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

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Midian, monotheism and false messiahs Mar 19, 2025

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It’s the Third Sunday of Lent! This week, Moses has his first encounter with God, Christians in Corinth wrestle with interacting with society as Christians and Jesus offers a straightforward warning.

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Reading 1 - Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15

Psalm 103: 1-4, 6-7, 8, 11

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12

Gospel - Luke 13:1-9

Join JD and Ed in Rome this December for The Pillar Pilgrimage! Learn more here.

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Something tangible and the Transfiguration Mar 12, 2025

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In these readings for the Second Sunday of Lent, Abram asks God for something tangible and Jesus undergoes the Transfiguration.

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Reading 1 - Genesis 15: 5-12, 17-18

Psalm 27: 1, 7-9, 13-14

Reading 2 - Philippians 3:17—4:1

Gospel - Luke 9:28b-36

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An exodus in reverse Mar 05, 2025

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It’s the First Sunday of Lent! Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they explore a more robust definition of the Exodus and talk about the testing of Jesus.

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Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Psalm 91: 1-2, 10-15

Reading 2 - Romans 10: 8-13

Gospel - Luke 4: 1-13

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Good fruit, bad fruit and the trees that bear them Feb 26, 2025

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It’s the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time! Join Dr. Scott Powell as he unpacks the readings— including an uncommon reading from Sirach.

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Reading 1 - Sirach 27:4-7

Psalm 92: 2-3, 13-16

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:54-58

Gospel - Luke 6:39-45

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'My, what a guy, that King Saul!' Feb 19, 2025

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It’s the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time! Join Dr. Scott Powell as he shares a story of David at his finest and helps JD Flynn and Kate Olivera reconsider a familiar Gospel reading.

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Reading 1 - 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23

Psalm 103: 1-4, 8, 10, 12-13

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:45-49

Gospel - Luke 6:27-38

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Blessings and curses Feb 12, 2025

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Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they discuss the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time— and ask what it actually means to be blessed by God?

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Reading 1 - Jeremiah 17:5-8

Psalm 1:1-4 & 6

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20

Gospel - Luke 6:17, 20-26

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Jesus, take the wheel Feb 05, 2025

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It’s the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time! Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they unpack the callings of Isaiah and Simon Peter.

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Reading 1 - Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8

Psalm 138 1-5, 7-8

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Gospel - Luke 5:1-11

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The Presentation and the priesthood Jan 29, 2025

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This week, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation and the readings are all about the priesthood. Hear Malachi give a prophecy about God’s return that is parallel to Isaiah’s own prophecy about God’s return. Then, Dr. Scott Powell explains the context of the Presentation.

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Reading 1 - Malachi 3:1-4

Psalm 24: 7-10

Reading 2 - Hebrews 2:14-18

Gospel - Luke 2: 22-40

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Better than Ezra Jan 22, 2025

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In these readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, the Israelites finally acknowledge their sins and Jesus declares a Jubilee Year.

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Reading 1 - Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10

Psalm cf John 6:63c Psalm 19: 8-10, 14

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

Gospel - Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21

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