Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 26 (31) Luke 19:1-10 What I Am Learning Jesus is passing through Jericho when he sees Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who has climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of him. Tax collectors were […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 23 (28) Luke 17:11-19 What I Am Learning On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus is approached by ten lepers who cry out for mercy. Lepers were cut off from family and community, forced to live on […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 22 (27) Luke 17:5-10 What I Am Learning The apostles say to Jesus, “Increase our faith!” Jesus replies that even faith the size of a mustard seed can uproot a mulberry tree and plant it in […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 21 (26) Luke 16:19-31 What I Am Learning Jesus tells a story about a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. The rich man feasts every day, dressed in fine clothes, while Lazarus lies at […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 20 (25) Luke 16:1-13 What I Am Learning This week’s gospel reading is one of Jesus’ strangest parables. A manager is about to be fired for squandering his master’s property. Before he loses his position, he […]
Year C Season after Pentecost Proper 17 (22) Luke 14:1, 7-14 What I Am Learning Jesus continues his public ministry under close scrutiny. He is invited to a sabbath meal at the house of a Pharisee. The Pharisees were a reform movement […]