Irreverently Reverend

  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...