The Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scripture Reflections for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year B, Lectionary 146

Hate feeling lost on Sundays at church? Searching for a better explanation of the Bible than what you hear from your pastor's sermon? Check out the following collection of audio, video, and text commentaries from various Christian experts for a better understanding of today's scripture that deal with: Abuse • Ambition • Atonement • Authority • Challenge • Child • Church • Commitment • Compassion • Cross • Disability • Disciple • Economy • Ego • Family • Glory • Honor • Justify • Lead • Liberation • Listen • Marriage • Mission • Ordained • Passion • Passover • Power • Priest • Ransom • Redeem • Redemption • Resurrection • Sacrifice • Salvation • Servant • Serve • Shame • Sin • Slave • Status • Suffering • Temple • Temptation • Truth •

Isaiah 53:10-11

Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22

Hebrews 4:14-16

Brant Pitre |

Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45

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Overall Readings

Fr. Tony Ricard |

“Missionary in this sense does not necessarily mean traversing beyond one’s territory. It is rather the attitude of witnessing to Christ even within ones territorial space.”

A Catholic Moment | "Earn Greatness Through a Sacrificial Service: Jesus Our Model of Leadership" | Fr. Lawrence Obilor | October 17, 2021

“the glory of the Temple, the place God lives with his people, is only raised through travail.”

Torch | "More than Worth the Cost" | Fr. Bruno Clifton | October 11, 2021

“Because Jesus is the compassion of God in person, he becomes totally approachable by those who suffer.”

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | "Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time" | Fr. James Kroeger, MM | October 21, 2018

“Does it not make us ponder how Jesus, who made the deaf to hear and gave sight to the blind, can in time transform even those who are now as James and John once were?”

Torch | "Power of the Ransom" | Fr. Dermot Morrin | October 17, 2018

"Over twenty years ago, I arrived by train in Agrigento, in Sicily. Just outside this town lies the famous valley of the temples, a valley covered with the remains of..."

Torch | "The Temptations of Service" | Fr. Euan Marley | October 19, 2003

St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, Philadelphia | "Homily" | Rev. Msgr. Hans Brouwers | October 17, 2021

"Friends, all three readings for this weekend center around a theme that was very familiar to the ancient audiences who first took them in but that is rather alien to..."

Word on Fire | "Substitutionary Sacrifice" | Bishop Robert Barron | October 21, 2018

St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, Philadelphia | "Homily" | Msgr. Brouwers | October 21, 2018

"In today’s Gospel, the apostles James and John ask Jesus to be given positions of glory in Christ’s kingdom. Jesus reminds us that His moment of glory is His death..."

Word on Fire | "True Ambition" | Bishop Robert Barron | October 21, 2012

"This Sunday’s readings highlight the idea of redemptive suffering. The revelation of Christ changes our disposition towards the difficulties of life, filling these experiences with the potential for goodness. In..."

Word on Fire | "The Suffering Servant" | Bishop Robert Barron | October 18, 2009

"we're not immune to tragic events or to illness or to anything. We just have a different, I guess, we just have a different way of approaching it and that's through the lens of faith."

In the latest episode of the 1 Christian 1 Topic Podcast "Faith Amidst Tragedy," we have a conversation with Liz on faith, suffering, and prayer. More