Colourful Dreamer

All Saints –   20 th Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A - 2026 Readings: First Reading -              Genesis 45:1-15                 Psalm -                        Psalm: 67: 1-7 Gospel -                         Matthew 15:10-28 What I want to say: There is more than one way to understand most things -         Jesus treatment of the Canaanite woman In all that is happening for us today, let us take hold of sheer gift and abundance God’s blessing in this time. What I want to happen: What gift do this week’s readings offer us.   The Sermon        1.     Introduction: Today's go...

  Ōtūmoetai – Year A - 17 th Sunday of Ordinary Time -2026 By Tony Wills - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61356567  Readings:  Psalm         Psalm: 105:1-11,45b  First Reading:       Gen 29:15-39     Second Reading:   Rom 8:26-39  Gospel:       Matt 13:31-33, 44-52  What I want to say:  What is the kingdom of heaven like?   A gorse bush?   Yeast hidden is cast quantities of flour?    What images would we use   and how do we make sense of these images? What I want to happen: People to tell their own stories The Sermon      1.     Introduction: A couple of weeks ago used Jewish author Amy Jill Levine help us put these parables back into -         geographical -    ...