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Readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Deacon Randy Kiel – 10/22/2026
Episode Summary
Deacon Randy Kiel unpacks this Sunday's first and second readings: God's passionate call in Exodus to protect the alien, the widow, and the orphan, and St. Paul's gratitude for a Thessalonian church that imitated the Lord and spread the word even under affliction.
Episode Notes
Deacon Randy Kiel of Christ the King Parish, Des Moines, joins Deacon Mark Campbell to prepare for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Deacon Randy discusses:
- Exodus 22:20-26: God reminds Israel that they were once foreigners in Egypt, and that he rescued them so they could lead others to him
- Why "molest" here means deeply wounding another person's soul, and why God's "wrath" sounds like a parent pulling a child back from traffic: the intensity of his passion for the vulnerable
- How we are all the vulnerable in God's eyes, seen in Christ stripped and left exposed on the Cross
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10: St. Paul's bold invitation to imitate him as he imitates the Lord, and the heart of evangelization
- Affliction like grapes being pressed, and the grace of a God who never leaves us alone in it
- A closing prayer to be bold missionaries and bearers of good news
Readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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