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 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.  11  He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place.  12  And he dreamed that there was a stairway set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.  13  And the Lord stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring,  14  and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring.  15  Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land...

  Ordinary Time The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 10 Hear the word of the Lord, / you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, / you people of Gomorrah! 11 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? / says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams / and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls / or of lambs or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, / who asked this from your hand? / Trample my courts no more! 13 Bringing offerings is futile; / incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation— / I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity. 14 Your new moons and your appointed festivals / my soul hates; / they have become a burden to me; / I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you stretch out your hands, / I will hide my eyes from you; even thoug...