20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, RCL)

Isaiah 5:1-7

In this reading from Luke we confront stark and conflictual sayings of Jesus that sit poorly with contemporary images of God. Our culture seems to prize a God with an infinite capacity for empathy, a God who is “nice.” Luke challenges this thinking. He offers a glimpse of redemption for a world that is anything but nice—and that needs much more than a nice God to redeem it.

Sunday, August 19 (Luke 12:49-56)