This is where each week’s Monday Prep lands — my own research and reflection ahead of Sunday, plus (once I’ve decided how I want to share it) the sermon itself, or a summary of it.
This week’s prep, and the three Sundays after it.
This Sunday — 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 4th October 2026
Judges 11:29-40 — Jephthah’s daughter | 2 Timothy 1:3-7 — Lois and Eunice
The final Sunday of this run of Judges texts, paired with a warmer word about faith passed down through generations. This Sunday also closes the global Season of Creation.
Read this week’s Monday Prep →
Coming up — 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11th October 2026
Ruth 1:1-22 — Ruth and Naomi | 2 Timothy 3:1-7 — “Silly Women”
Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi closes out the run of Judges-era women the lectionary’s been telling all month.
Coming up — 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 18th October 2026
1 Samuel 2:1-10 — Hannah | 2 Timothy 4:9-22 — Claudia and Prisca
Hannah’s Song, one of the boldest pieces of prayer-turned-poetry in the Hebrew Bible, paired with the closing names on what may be Paul’s very last letter.
Coming up — 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 25th October 2026
1 Samuel 19:11-17 — Michal | Titus 2:1-10 — Household Roles
A wife who lies to her own father to save her husband’s life, next to a letter asking young women to be quiet and submissive — a pairing with some real friction in it.
I haven’t decided yet whether what appears here alongside the prep will be the full sermon text or a summary — that’s still to come.
