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Lent 4 B: Poisonous Prevention

These are the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Old Testament      Numbers 21:4–9 Psalm                    Psalm 107:1–3, 17–22 New Testament     Ephesians 2:1–10 Gospel                   John 3:14–21 The Old Testament and Gospel readings both refer to famous cases … Continue reading

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Nicodemus and Us

This is my second “blog in a time of pandemic.” And it fits also in my ongoing series of reflections on the Sunday readings. (I rely greatly in these comments on the scholarship of the late Raymond E. Brown, and I love his idea … Continue reading

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Dressed to Impress or Clothed with Christ?

Reflections on Galatians 3:23-29 Pentecost 4 C  “Are you going out looking like that?”  That’s what my mom used to holler at me as I was going out the door dressed in my normal hodgepodge way. Our family didn’t believe … Continue reading

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