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LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 John 1: 43-51 There are some very exciting words spoken by Philip in today’s gospel passage; “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the so…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 2nd Sunday of Advent Year B Psalm 85 Mark 1: 1-8 There are three “comings” referred to in the lectionary readings for this week; the coming back of God’s people from captivity, the coming of Jesus into the world as Saviour, and the coming again of Jesus as King and J…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Psalm 36: 1-5 Isaiah 62: 1-5,10 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 In chapter 62 of his prophecy, Isaiah turns his attention to Jerusalem – Zion – the capital city of Judah. During his lifetime, Isaiah had witnessed the decline of Jerusalem,…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Luke 19:1-10 Whenever I encounter the story of Zacchaeus I feel like a parrot; not because I want to join Zacchaeus in his sycamore-fig tree, but because – parrot-like – I always say the same thing. I talk about grace.. Created by S…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 4-9 Matthew 4:12-23 We almost never read Isaiah chapter 8, and it is not in today’s readings. However, it is worth looking at this chapter before reading the lectionary passage from Isaiah 9, in order to un…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Lent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Lent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 3rd Sunday in Lent Year C Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1st Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 There is comfort, together with two warnings, in today’s Bible passages. That God loves his children is abundantly clear. He invites them freely to feast with him (Isaiah 55:1-2…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 1st Samuel 1 v 4-20 1st Samuel 2 v 1-10 Hebrews 10 v 11-14, 19-25 Mark 13 v 1-8 Among the outworkings of God’s plan for our salvation, is the story of a woman longing for a baby and of her answered prayers. The child who was born t…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-13 I wonder how many churches will include the reading from 2nd Thessalonians in today’s service? It is the epistle for the day, but to read these words, or at least to read them without further comment, would b…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 32nd Sunday in ordinary time Yr A Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25 Psalm 78: 1-7 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 Matthew 25: 1-13 I saw a man with a “sandwich board” a few months ago. In front it read “The end of the world is nigh.” On the back was “Prepare to meet thy God”. I guesse…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B Psalm 127 Mark 12: 38-44 I cannot bear to watch the news, to see those images of war and death; grieving women, frightened children, devastation, overflowing hospitals, pain and fear. I listen, though, and read of Syria, Afghanista…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year B Acts 4: 5-12 Psalm 23 1st John 3: 16-24 John 10: 11-18 We don’t see shepherds much these days, not in our society. I live in an area where sheep are plentiful, but I am not sure that the man I occasionally see mounted on a quad bike and ch…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8: 13 Mark 1: 21-28 The Church is under the ruler ship of the Lord Jesus Christ. When on earth he taught with authority such as no one had ever heard before (Mark 1 v 22) and he demonstrat…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Fourth Sunday of Advent Yr A Isaiah 7:10-16 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Matthew liked to refer to the prophets, and, although he had to stretch one or two prophecies in order to make them fit, he was zealous in proving that Jesus’ birth had long been foretold by th…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 We are so familiar with the story of Jesus as the Good Shepherd that there is a danger that we will miss the deeper implications. I remember a picture on the wall at my Sunday school, showing a blon…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Psalm 71:1-6 1st Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 We talk a great deal about love. The purpose of fiction is almost always to tell a love story. Love is the theme of most popular songs. Many of us seek love above all other things. …
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year B 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 We are deep into Advent now, yet this is our first hint of Christmas with the announcement to Mary that she is to bear a son named Jesus (Luke 1 v 31). Thus far the lectionary readings have focused more on the second c…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Advent Year C Micah 5: 2-5a Luke 1: 46b-55 Hebrews 10: 5-10 Luke 1: 39-45 The coming of Jesus, the awaited Messiah, was the fulfilment of a multitude of prophecies. Long ages before his birth in Bethlehem, God inspired his prophets to proclaim, sometime…
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A