Irreverently Reverend

  Ordinary Time Then he went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.  21  When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”  22  And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.”  23  And he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?  24  If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.  25  And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand .  26  And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.  27  But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. 28  “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and w...

  Palm Sunday 28  After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29  When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,  30  saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.  31  If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.’”  32  So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them.  33  As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”  34  They said, “The Lord needs it.”  35  Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.  36  As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road.  37  As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole mul...