Posts by The Rev. Mike Mayor

ReadingsMicah 5:2-5aCanticle 15Hebrews 10:5-10Luke 1:39-45, (46-55) Today we have the familiar story of Mary, who is pregnant with Jesus, visiting Elizabeth. But we would be wise not to romanticize what…

ReadingsZephaniah 3:14-20Canticle 9Philippians 4:4-7Luke 3:7-18 Traditionally today, the third Sunday of Advent, is called “Gaudete” Sunday. “Gaudete” is the Latin word for “rejoice.” It is the Sunday when our focus…

ReadingsJeremiah 33:14-16Psalm 25:1-91 Thessalonians 3:9-13Luke 21:25-36 When I was a kid, probably in the first or second grade, my parents took me to Disneyland for the first time I can…

ReadingsDaniel 7:9-10, 13-14Psalm 93Revelation 1:4b-8John 18:33-37 Today is the last Sunday after Pentecost before we transition to the season of Advent. It is a day we commonly call “Christ the…

ReadingsDaniel 12:1-3Psalm 16Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25Mark 13:1-8 I have a cute story to start out with today that I may have shared with some of you before. There once were…

Readings1 Kings 17:8-16Psalm 146Hebrews 9:24-28Mark 12:38-44 Today we hear the perennial story of what is commonly referred to as the “widow’s mite.” For many of us who grew up in…

ReadingsWisdom of Solomon 3:1-9Psalm 24Revelation 21:1-6aJohn 11:32-44 On this All Saints Sunday I want to ask you a question. “What is a saint?” It may seem like an obvious question…

ReadingsJeremiah 31:7-9Psalm 126Hebrews 7:23-28Mark 10:46-52 Over the last few weeks, we have had a theme of blindness and recovery of sight in what we have read from the Gospel of…

ReadingsIsaiah 53:4-12Psalm 91:9-16Hebrews 5:1-10Mark 10:35-45 In today’s Gospel passage we have a very human story about James and John, the sons of Zebedee. You see, these two guys are the…

ReadingsAmos 5:6-7,10-15Psalm 90:12-17Hebrews 4:12-16Mark 10:17-31 In today’s Gospel Jesus is approached by a rich young man, who asks him, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responds by…