John W. Martens 
The Word on the Street, Year C [EPUB ebook] 
Sunday Lectionary Reflections

Contents

Preface ix

First Sunday of Advent:
Waiting in Love 1

Second Sunday of Advent:
Anticipation 3

Third Sunday of Advent:
Joy and Gentleness 5

Fourth Sunday of Advent:
The Prophetic Word 7

The Nativity of the Lord:
The Only Son, God 9

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph:
The Family of God 11

Second Sunday after Christmas:
Adopted into the Family 13

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God:
Theotokos 15

The Epiphany of the Lord:
Super Star 17

The Baptism of the Lord:
Son of God 19

First Sunday of Lent:
Turn Back to God 21

Second Sunday of Lent:
Close Encounters 23

Third Sunday of Lent:
Repent or Perish 25

Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Lost and Found 27

Fifth Sunday of Lent:
The Life Offered 29

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion:
Palm Reading 31

Easter Sunday:
Encountering Hope 33

Second Sunday of Easter:
A Shocking Love 35

Third Sunday of Easter:
Fish for Breakfast 37

Fourth Sunday of Easter:
The Great Multitude 39

Fifth Sunday of Easter:
Love without Ceasing 41

Sixth Sunday of Easter:
God’s Gift for All 43

The Ascension of the Lord:
Heaven-Sent 45

Seventh Sunday of Easter:
Jesus Is Lord 47

Pentecost Sunday:
Reborn in the Spirit 49

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity:
God in Relationship 51

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ:
The Food of Life 53

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
Queen of Heaven 55

The Solemnity of All Saints:
What We Will Be 58

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Wedding Party 60

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Body Building 62

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Love Never Fails 64

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Transformers 66

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Dead Will Live 68

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Spiritual Body 70

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Death Loses 72

Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Servants and Slaves 74

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Rise Up! 76

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
A Woman Beloved by God 78

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The One I Look For 80

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Prophetic Values 82

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Joy of Judgment 84

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Put It On My Account 86

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
At Your Service 88

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Innocent 90

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Inheritance 92

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
An Alert Faith 94

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Flame of Truth 96

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time:
All the Nations 98

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The City of the Living God 100

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Do the Right Thing 102

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Who’s Missing? 104

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Commending Dishonesty 106

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Rich Man, Poor Man 108

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
A Little Faith 110

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Becoming Clean 112

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
An Annoying Faith 114

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Tired of Sin 116

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Small Matter of Sin 118

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Living God 120

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Life in the Balance 122

The Solemnity of Christ the King:
The True King 124

John W. Martens, Ph D, is professor of theology and director of the Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark's College at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. For four years he wrote the Scripture column "The Word" at America Magazine. These columns have been published in three volumes by Liturgical Press, The Word on the Street, Years A, B, and C.  He has also written extensively on children in early Christianity, including ‘Let the Little Children Come to Me’: Children and Childhood in Early Christianity (2009), with Cornelia Horn, and Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World (2020), with Kristine Henriksen Garroway.