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...

  Ordinary Time Joseph could no longer control himself in front of all his attendants, so he declared, “Everyone, leave now!” So no one stayed with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.  2  He wept so loudly that the Egyptians and Pharaoh’s household heard him.  3  Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m Joseph! Is my father really still alive?” His brothers couldn’t respond because they were terrified before him. 4  Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me,” and they moved closer. He said, “I’m your brother Joseph! The one you sold to Egypt.  5  Now, don’t be upset and don’t be angry with yourselves that you sold me here. Actually, God sent me before you to save lives.  6  We’ve already had two years of famine in the land, and there are five years left without planting or harvesting.  7  God sent me before you to make sure you’d survive and to rescue your lives in this amazing way.  8  You didn’t...

  Ordinary Time--Pride Sunday When God began to create the heavens and the earth—  2  the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters—  3  God said, “Let there be light.” And so light appeared.  4  God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.  5  God named the light Day and the darkness Night. There was evening and there was morning: the first day. 6  God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate the waters from each other.”  7  God made the dome and separated the waters under the dome from the waters above the dome. And it happened in that way.  8  God named the dome Sky. There was evening and there was morning: the second day. 9  God said, “Let the waters under the sky come together into one place so that the dry land can appear.” And that’s what happened.  10  God named the dry...

  Ordinary Time So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When Nathan arrived he said, “There were two men in the same city, one rich, one poor.  2  The rich man had a lot of sheep and cattle,  3  but the poor man had nothing—just one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised that lamb, and it grew up with him and his children. It would eat from his food and drink from his cup—even sleep in his arms! It was like a daughter to him. 4  “Now a traveler came to visit the rich man, but he wasn’t willing to take anything from his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had arrived. Instead, he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the visitor.” 5  David got very angry at the man, and he said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the one who did this is demonic!  6  He must restore the ewe lamb seven times over because he did this and because he had no compassion.” 7  “You are that man!” Nathan tol...