Preaching Notes – Sunday 22 September 2024
Last week, Jesus explained that as the Christ (in Hebrew: Messiah), He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things and be killed (Mark 8:27-35). Recall
Category: Pastor’s Pondering
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 15 September 2024
“Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him” (Mark 8:32). For what reason does Peter strongly admonish Jesus? Peter reprimands Jesus for speaking about
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 8 September 2024
In today’s Gospel, Jesus dares to venture beyond the land of Israel where we have witnessed religious leaders especially mired in stubbornly keeping the “tradition
Preaching Notes – Sunday, September 1
How well we all know that it is not want presses upon us from the outside that makes us unclean and defiles, but rather what
Feast Day: Martyrdom of John the Baptist – 29 August 2024
JOHN THE BAPTIST is the only saint whom we honor on both the occasion of his birth and his death. The Church wants to inspire
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 25 August 2024
Today Gospel Reading chronicles the dramatic culmination of the 5-week study of John 6 (John 6:60-69). Will we find Jesus’ teaching too demanding as did
Preaching Notes – Sunday 18 August 2024
Today we come to the very clear part of Jesus’ long discourse that is linked to the Eucharist (John 6:51-58). Throughout the discourse Jesus insists
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 11 August 2024
The food God graciously provides the exhausted and terrified prophet Elijah in our First Reading (1 Kings 19:4-8), is another example of Old Testament foreshadowing
Feast: Jesus’ Transfiguration – August 6
O Sweet Jesus, grant that your grace – power – may triumph in me and empower me to persevere through life’s trials with eyes set
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 4 August 2024
Today is Sunday #2 of our 5 consecutive Sundays reading together select excepts from John 6. Front and center for us is the deep misunderstanding