St. Mary Of Bethany Parish Podcast

The Sixth Sunday of Easter | Acts 17:22-31 | Psalm 66:8-20 | 1 Peter 3:13-22 | John 14:15-21 | May 14th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Bryant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky | "Love is Everywhere (Beware) - Wilco | 1 Corinthians 13 - The Message translation

The Fifth Sunday of Easter | Acts 7:55-60 | Psalm 31 | 1 Peter 2:2-10 | John 14:1-14 | May 7th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: "After Her Death" - Mary Oliver | "Fifth Sunday of Easter: A Collective People with a Singular Heart" - Dr. Angela Parker | Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence - Diana Butler Bass 

The Fourth Sunday of Easter | Acts 2:42-47 | Psalm 23 | 1 Peter 2:19-25 | John 10:1-10 | April 30th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible - Willie James Jennings | "Two Economies" - Wendell Berry

The Second Sunday of Easter | Acts 2:14a, 22-32 | Psalm 16 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | John 20:19-31 | April 16th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers Vaughn | Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious - David Dark | The Whole Heart - Gregory Boyle | The Wounded Healer - Henri Nouwen

Easter | Isaiah 25:6-9  | Psalm 118 |  1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 | Luke 24:13-49 | April 9th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: My Bright Abyss - Christian Wiman | The Awakened Heart - Gerald May | Lent with St. Francis: Daily Reflections - St. Francis 

The Fifth Sunday in Lent | Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Psalm 130 | Romans 8:6-11 | John 11:1-45 | March 26th, 2023 | Rev. Colin Fagan | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Jesus as Friend in the Gospel of John - Gail O'Day | The Call of Discernment in Troubled Times - Fr. Dean Brackley SJ |  Eucharistic Participation - Hans Boersma | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels - ed. Joel Green, Jeannine Brown, Nicholas Perrin | John: NIV Application Commentary - John Burge

The Sixth Sunday in Lent | John 19:25-27  | John 10:11-18 (First Nations Version) | April 2nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Dr. Brad Jersack podcast | After Whiteness - Willie James Jennings

The Fourth Sunday in Lent | 1 Samuel 16:1-13 | Psalm 23 |  Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41 | March 19th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: John for Everyone: Part One - N.T. Wright | The Collected Sermons - Walter Brueggemann |  Joy Unspeakable - Barbara Holmes  

The Third Sunday in Lent | Exodus 17:1-7 | Psalm 95 | Romans 5:1-11 | John 4:5-42 | March 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation - Jürgen Moltmann | Footprint of a Dream - Howard Thurman |  Christian Life: An Adventure in Love - Ilia Delio

The Second Sunday in Lent | Genesis 12:1-4 | Psalm 121 | Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 | John 3:1-17 | March 5th, 2023 | Rev. Kelley Doyle | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Jewish Annotated New Testament - ed. Amy-Jill Levine, Marc Zvi Brettler | "The First Verb" - St. Hildegard of Bingen | Genesis Rabbah 1 

The First Sunday in Lent | Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 | Psalm 32 | Romans 5:12-19 | Matthew 4:1-11 | February 26th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Finite and Infinite Games - James P. Carse | "Vacation" - Wendell Berry

Ash Wednesday | Isaiah 58:1-12 | Psalm 51:1-17 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 | February 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: "Pedagogy of Conflict" - Pádraig Ó'Tuama 

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany | Deuteronomy 30:15-20 | Psalm 119 | 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 | Matthew 5:21-37 | February 12th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Joy Unspeakable Tenderness - Barbara Holmes | Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount - Richard Rohr | Martin & Malcom & America: Dream or Nightmare - James Cone | The New Jerusalem Bible  

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 58:1-12 | Psalm 112 | 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 | Matthew 5:13-20 | February 5th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle | Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount - Richard Rohr

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Micah 6:1-8 | Psalm 15 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | Matthew 5:1-12 | January 29th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle | Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age - Bruce Rogers-Vaughn | The Message - Eugene Peterson

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 9:1-4 | Psalm 27:1, 4-9 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 | Matthew 4:12-23 | January 22nd, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Jesus Christ for Today’s World - Jurgen Moltmann | The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Fr. Gregory Boyle

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 49:1-7 | Psalm 40:1-11 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | John 1:29-32 | January 15th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: The Sabbath - Abraham Joshua Heschel | Walking in Wonder - John O'Donohue | The Gospels - Sarah Ruden | Schalom Ben-Chorin as quoted in Jesus Christ for Today’s World - Jurgen Moltmann | Collected Sermons - Walter Brueggemann | The Christian Imagination - Willie James Jennings

Baptism of the Lord - the First Sunday after the Epiphany | Isaiah 42:1-9 | Psalm 29 | Acts 10:34-43 | Matthew 3:13-17 | January 8th, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

The First Sunday after Christmas  | Isaiah 63:7-9 | Psalm 148 | Hebrews 2:10-18| Matthew 2:13-23 | January 1st, 2023 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN) 

The Second Sunday of Advent  | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Psalm 72 | Romans 15:4-13 | Matthew 3:1-12 | December 4th, 2022 | Rev. Danny Byant | St. Mary of Bethany Parish (Nashville, TN)  Readings and Resources: Finite and Infinite Games - James Carse | Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman | Reaching Out - Henri Nouwen |  Romans for Normal People - J.R. Daniel Kirk