Preaching Notes – 18th Sunday (3 August 2025)
Jesus speak quite plainly in today’s Gospel: Take care to guard against all greed” (Luke 13:15). The original word is, “pleonexia.” That is, Jesus says
Jesus speak quite plainly in today’s Gospel: Take care to guard against all greed” (Luke 13:15). The original word is, “pleonexia.” That is, Jesus says
For three consecutive weeks now, we have read the Gospel of Luke in exact sequence. It is important to keep the context before us to
Today’s Gospel recounting Jesus’ visit to the home of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42), directly follows Jesus’ telling of the parable about the Good Samaritan
The first question asked to Jesus is a an especially important one: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 10:25). The response is
And as we face the ever increasingly scarcity of laborers for the harvest in our own day we rightly pray that the LORD send more
Before the event of Pentecost (Acts 2), Jesus readies the disciples to receive the Holy Spirit. The Risen Lord Jesus appeared to the disciples for
Marvelously inspired by the Holy Spirit, Luke writes two volumes. In addition to the Gospel of Luke that culminates in Jesus’ commissioning [the disciples], departing
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let
Just prior to Jesus’ Ascension, the disciples are at the edge of a new beginning. They ask Jesus if He is going to restore the
What a great joy it was to have so many receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation yesterday! While Baptism is our Christian birth, Confirmation leads us