Fifth Sunday of Lent

Posted by Christine Rasure on 3/31/22

“Go, and sin no more!”

Hearing the Gospel today with Jesus not condemning the sinful woman, we are also faced with an important question– what person, aware of his or her own sin, could dare condemn another? But Jesus had to remind the scribes and Pharisees that if they ... Read More »

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Posted by Christine Rasure on 3/22/22

Are you prodigal?

How do you answer this question? Some may not even be clear about what “prodigal” actually means. The only time we seem to hear this word is when we have a reading from Luke’s Gospel about the prodigal son. Well, the dictionary says a “prodigal” is ... Read More »

Third Sunday of Lent

Posted by Christine Rasure on 3/18/22

Two Choices: Grow or Die

Using an agricultural image of a fig tree in an orchard, Jesus in the Gospel today gives us a parable with a lesson that sounds very dramatic: the fig tree in question should be cut down if it is unable to produce any good ... Read More »

Second Sunday of Lent

Posted by Christine Rasure on 3/11/22

Transfigured? Transformed?

In the Gospel with Jesus, with his closest friends, Peter, John, and James on the top of a mountain, was transfigured – his look was now heavenly. Did Jesus’ transfiguration transform the three apostles? Yes, Peter seemed very excited and wanted to set up three shrines on ... Read More »

First Sunday of Lent

Posted by Christine Rasure on 3/02/22

“When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from (Jesus) for a time.”Indeed, as we know, Jesus was “like us in all things, but sin.” This even includes temptations that seem to have gone on past Jesus’ 40 days in the desert, as we hear so clearly in ... Read More »