Irreverently Reverend

  Fifth Sunday of Easter So what are we going to say? Should we continue sinning so grace will multiply?  2  Absolutely not! All of us died to sin. How can we still live in it?  3  Or don’t you know that all who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?  4  Therefore, we were buried together with him through baptism into his death , so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too can walk in newness of life.  5  If we were united together in a death like his, we will also be united together in a resurrection like his.  6  This is what we know: the person that we used to be was crucified with him in order to get rid of the corpse that had been controlled by sin. That way we wouldn’t be slaves to sin anymore,  7  because a person who has died has been freed from sin’s power.  8  But if we died with Christ, we have faith that we will also live with him....

  All Saints Day You have been a refuge for the poor,     a refuge for the needy in distress,     a hiding place from the storm,     a shade from the heat. When the breath of tyrants is like a winter storm 5      or like heat in the desert,     you subdue the roar of foreigners. Like heat shaded by a cloud,     the tyrants’ song falls silent. 6 On this mountain,     the Lord of heavenly forces will prepare for all peoples         a rich feast , a feast of choice wines,         of select foods rich in flavor,         of choice wines well refined. 7 He will swallow up on this mountain the veil that is veiling all peoples,     the shroud enshrouding all nations. 8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord God will wipe tears...

  Second Sunday of Easter Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them that he had said these things to her. 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” 24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands an...

  Ordinary Time After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.  2  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.  3  His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.  4  For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men.  5  But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.  6  He is not here, for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.  7  Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.”  8  So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples.  9  Suddenly Jesus met th...