Irreverently Reverend

  Third Sunday in Lent Sanctified Art  series "Tell Me Something Good" 32  They departed in a boat by themselves for a deserted place. 33  Many people saw them leaving and recognized them, so they ran ahead from all the cities and arrived before them.  34  When Jesus arrived and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things. 35  Late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place, and it’s already late in the day.  36  Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something to eat for themselves.” 37  He replied, “You give them something to eat.” But they said to him, “Should we go off and buy bread worth almost eight months’ pay and give it to them to eat?” 38  He said to them, “How much bread do you have? Take a look.” After checking, they said, “Fiv...

  Ordinary Time “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness     and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut     and to the quarry from which you were hewn; 2  look to Abraham, your father,     and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man,     and I blessed him and made him many. 3  The Lord will surely comfort Zion     and will look with compassion on all her ruins ; he will make her deserts like Eden,     her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her,     thanksgiving and the sound of singing . 4  “Listen to me, my people;     hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me;     my justice will become a light to ...

  Seventh Sunday after Epiphany “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  28  bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.  29  If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.  30  Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.  31  Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32  “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.  33  And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.  34  And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.  35  But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without exp...