It’s the First Sunday of Lent! Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they explore a more robust definition of the Exodus and talk about the testing of Jesus.

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Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Psalm 91: 1-2, 10-15

Reading 2 - Romans 10: 8-13

Gospel - Luke 4: 1-13

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It’s the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time! Join Dr. Scott Powell as he unpacks the readings— including an uncommon reading from Sirach.

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Reading 1 - Sirach 27:4-7

Psalm 92: 2-3, 13-16

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:54-58

Gospel - Luke 6:39-45

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It’s the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time! Join Dr. Scott Powell as he shares a story of David at his finest and helps JD Flynn and Kate Olivera reconsider a familiar Gospel reading.

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Reading 1 - 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23

Psalm 103: 1-4, 8, 10, 12-13

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:45-49

Gospel - Luke 6:27-38

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Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they discuss the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time— and ask what it actually means to be blessed by God?

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Reading 1 - Jeremiah 17:5-8

Psalm 1:1-4 & 6

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20

Gospel - Luke 6:17, 20-26

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It’s the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time! Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they unpack the callings of Isaiah and Simon Peter.

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Reading 1 - Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8

Psalm 138 1-5, 7-8

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Gospel - Luke 5:1-11

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This week, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation and the readings are all about the priesthood. Hear Malachi give a prophecy about God’s return that is parallel to Isaiah’s own prophecy about God’s return. Then, Dr. Scott Powell explains the context of the Presentation.

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Reading 1 - Malachi 3:1-4

Psalm 24: 7-10

Reading 2 - Hebrews 2:14-18

Gospel - Luke 2: 22-40

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In these readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, the Israelites finally acknowledge their sins and Jesus declares a Jubilee Year.

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Reading 1 - Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10

Psalm cf John 6:63c Psalm 19: 8-10, 14

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

Gospel - Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21

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It’s the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time! This week, Dr. Scott Powell talks about ancient Israel’s understanding of a jubilee year. He also shares a few reasons the wedding at Cana is more than just a magic trick precursor to Jesus’ other miracles.

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Reading 1 - Isaiah 62:1-5

Psalm 96: 1-3, 7-10

Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Gospel - John 2:1-11

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JD asks some follow-up questions after going through the readings for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year C. We’re trying this out— give us feedback in the comments below!

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It’s the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord! Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they unpack the first of the ’servant songs’ found in Isaiah— and link it to the creation story in Genesis. Scott talks about Acts 10, the turning point of the New Testament.

Then, he makes some really cool connections about water.

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Reading 1 - Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7

Psalm 29: 1-4, 9-10

Reading 2 - Acts 10: 34-38

Gospel - Luke 3: 15-16, 21-22

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