29th Sunday of the Year (C): 2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:12

Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Liturgical readings
Exodus 17:8-13
Psalm 121
2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:12
Luke 18:1-8

"Sacred Scripture, the source of wisdom"


You must remain faithful
to what you have learned
        and believed
because you know
who your teachers were.


Likewise,
from your infancy
you have known the Sacred Scriptures,


        the source of wisdom
        which through faith in Jesus Christ
        leads to salvation.


All Scripture is inspired of God


and


is useful for teaching
        - for reproof,
        correction,
        and training in holiness


so that the man of God
may be fully competent
and equipped for every good work


In the presence of God
and of Christ Jesus,


who is coming to judge
the living and the dead,


and by his appearing
and his kingly power,


I charge you to preach the word,


to stay with this task


whether convenient
or inconvenient


- correcting,
reproving,
appealing


- constantly teaching
and never losing patience.




Scripture verses for reflection:
"The Lord is your guardian...he is beside you at your right hand." (Psalm 121)
"Timothy must remain faithful to what he has learned and believed." (2 Timothy)
"All Scripture is useful for correction and training in holiness." (2 Timothy)

29th Sunday of the Year (C)

Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Liturgical readings
Exodus 17:8-13
Psalm 121
2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:12
Luke 18:1-8

"On the necessity of praying always and not losing heart."



Jesus told his disciples a parable
on the necessity of praying always
and not losing heart:


"Once
there was a judge
in a certain city
who respected neither God
        nor man.


A widow
in that city
kept coming to him
saying,


'Give me my rights
against my opponent.'


For a time
he refused,
but finally he thought,


'I care little
for God or man,
but this widow
is wearing me down.


I am going to settle
in her favor
or she will end
by doing me violence.'"


The Lord said,


"Listen
to what the corrupt judge
has to say.


Will not God
then do justice
to his chosen
who call out to him
day and night?


Will he delay long over them,
do you suppose?


I tell you,


he will give them
swift justice.


But when the Son of Man comes,


will he find
any faith on the earth?"

Scripture verses from the readings:
"The Lord is your guardian...he is beside you at your right hand." (Psalm 121)
"Timothy must remain faithful to what he has learned and believed." (2 Timothy)
"All Scripture is useful for correction and training in holiness." (2 Timothy)

28th Sunday of the Year (C): 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Liturgical readings
2 Kings 5:14-17
Psalm 98
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19

If we have died with Christ, we shall also live with him.


Remember that Jesus Christ,
a descendant of David,
was raised from the dead.


This is the gospel I preach;
in preaching it
I suffer as a criminal,


even to the point
of being thrown into chains


- but there is no chaining
the word of God!


Therefore
I bear with all of this
for the sake of those
whom God has chosen,


in order that they may obtain
the salvation to be found
in Christ Jesus
and with it eternal glory.


You can depend on this:


If we have died with him
we shall also live with him;


If we hold out to the end
we shall also reign with him.


But if we deny him
he will deny us.


If we are unfaithful
he will still remain faithful,


for he cannot deny himself.



Scripture verses from the readings:
"Naaman's flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy." (2 Kings 5)
"He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel." (Psalm 98)
"If we hold out to the end we shall also reign with him." (2 Timothy 2)