The Lectionary refers to these weeks as ‘Ordinary Seasons’, but we shouldn’t let that rather bland title divert us from the fact that we can use this time to enter a deeper understanding of both God’s love and God’s call in Christ.
1st July: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom of Solomon 1: 13-15, 2: 23-24, or Lamentations 3: 22-33, Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians 8: 7-15, Mark 5: 21-43
Today’s reading from Mark shows how he sometimes likes to ‘nest’ one story inside another. In this case the story of the woman in the crowd, who touches the hem…