Posts by Olivia Sherry

Welcome to the second week after Christmas. John’s Gospel arrived later than Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It was written around 90 A.D., which means John spent nearly sixty years undergoing the reality of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection before he ever put pen to papyrus.

9th Sunday after Epiphany – Year A Not observed 2026 Gospel Lectionary Text Matthew 7:21-29 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,…

Matthew 6:24-34

24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?

28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’

32 For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

Matthew 5:38-48
5:38
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

5:39
But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,

5:40
and if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, give your coat as well,

5:41
and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile.

5:42
Give to the one who asks of you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.

5:43
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

5:44
But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

5:45
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

5:47
And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the gentiles do the same?

5:48
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Proper 4(9) – Year A Not observed 2026 Gospel Lectionary Text Matthew 7:21-29 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 7:22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not…

Proper 3(8) – Year A Not observed 2026 Gospel Lectionary Text Matthew 6:24-34 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not…

Welcome to Holy Week. Our text for Easter begins where the crucifixion ends, in darkness. The Gospel of John is evoking images of Genesis at the beginning when the earth was formless and void, and darkness covered the land…

Welcome to Holy Week. Our text for Easter begins where the crucifixion ends, in darkness. The Gospel of John is evoking images of Genesis at the beginning when the earth was formless and void, and darkness covered the land…