Debra Dean Murphy

All Saints (November 1) Revelation 7: 9-17 Matthew 5:1-12 When our two sons were about 8 and 12 years old,...

Luke 2:41-52 First Sunday after Christmas Feast of the Holy Family I once lost my younger son in a department...

  Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 (RCL); I Kings 17:10-16 (LM) Psalm 127 or 42 (RCL); Psalm 146:7-10 (LM) Hebrews 9:24-38 Mark...

The Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14  Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Lectionary for Mass Welcome home, my...

Proper 14A/Ordinary 19A/Pentecost +9 Genesis 37:1-4; Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 This week’s post is a reflection originally published in...

  Third Sunday After Pentecost Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 10:40-42 When I first began attending mass several years...

Epiphany 5A Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 5:13-16 Who among those who have read the gospels does not know...

First Sunday of Advent   Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 The story of the end, of the...

The Feast of the Ascension Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24: 44-53 Nor doth he by ascending show...

Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23: Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34; 53-56 Eighth Sunday After Pentecost Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time There is...