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| Title | Scripture Summary | Body | Week | Cycle | Topic | Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come Monday | Matthew 20:16 | It is the great Lord God, who gives us life and sustains us in life, who ultimately will win the [...] | Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Humility | Change,Jesus Christ: Cross of,Church-goers,Handel's Messiah,Fruit-bearing |  |
| Breakthrough To God | Matthew 23:12 | Sunday school teacher: "Johnny, can you tell me who will wear the biggest crown in heaven?" Johnny: "Sure. The one [...] | Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Humility | Pharisees,Self-righteousness,Hypocrisy,Jesus Christ: as Teacher,Service | |
| Looking Out For Number One | Matthew 20:16 | In today's Gospel Lesson, Jesus is speaking to the disciples in parables. He tells the story of an employer who [...] | Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Humility | Trust,Exaltation | |
| Keep Your Mouth Closed | Luke 1:38 | There once was a frog who talked two friendly geese into flying him down to Florida for the winter. The [...] | Fourth Sunday of Advent | B | Humility | Self-image,Exaltation,Adam and Eve,Egoism | |
| Hidden Treasure | John 12:24 | In a book called "Peace of Mind," a famous psychiatrist says that "The supreme foe of inner-victory is rigid pride."1 [...] | Fifth Sunday of Lent | B | Humility | Servanthood,Jesus Christ: as Servant,Death/Resurrection | |
| Who Is In The Driver's Seat? | Luke 18:13 | It has been said that the Cause of humanity has suffered much at the hands of people who do what [...] | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Dependence,Control | |
| The Perfectionist | Luke 14:11 | Author/lecturer John Robert Clarke has suggested the title, "Master Perfectionist," for a certain kind of egotist. "One's own perfectionism is [...] | Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Pride,Master Perfectionist | |
| The Ugly Poor | Luke 18:14 | "He had given so much! He had done so much! Nobody understood and, as far as we can tell, He [...] | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Exaltation,Cost of discipleship | |
| Putting Off/putting On | Luke 14:8,11 | Jesus is not teaching social etiquette here. He is getting at something much deeper. The "wedding party" symbolizes the Kingdom [...] | Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Obedience,Kingdom of God,Blasphemy,Radical obedience,Destructive habits | |
| Don't Rain On My Parade | Luke 18:14 | "Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter/Don't bring around a cloud/to rain on my parade." So sang Barbra [...] | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Will of God,God: Will of,Exaltation,Sermon on the Mount | |
| A Sweet Spiritual Blessing | Luke 14:11 | A large crowd had gathered near a pond in a large zoo. They watched admiringly as a peacock slowly spread [...] | Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Success,Pride,Table-talk | |
| Inherit The Earth | Luke 14:11 | In a New England seminary, a brilliant student, not known for his humility, became extremely puffed up when informed that [...] | Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Last Supper,Meekness | |
| Make A List | Luke 18:11,13 | While on a business trip, a man came to a small Southern town. He decided to look up an old [...] | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Repentance,Pharisees,Mercy,Prestige | |
| No Hidden Meanings | Luke 18:14 | Three professionals, an engineer, a psychologist and a theologian, were together on a hunting trip in the Canadian Rockies. They [...] | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Humility | Servanthood,Meaning | |
| Streaks And All! | Mark 9:35 | In the early days of television, the old cowboy movie reruns -- the "Westerns" -- always made it easy for [...] | Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Humility | Children,Preaching,Trust,Television | |