Irreverently Reverend

  Ordinary Time Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through town.   2  A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich.   3  He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd.   4  So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus, who was about to pass that way.   5  When Jesus came to that spot, he looked up and said,  “Zacchaeus, come down at once. I must stay in your home today.”   6  So Zacchaeus came down at once, happy to welcome Jesus. 7  Everyone who saw this grumbled, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” 8  Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I repay them four times as much.” 9  Jesus said to him,  “Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham.   10  The Human One...

  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...