As I have mentioned, I work for a nonprofit organization which has a Protestant background (2 Catholic employees among us.)  I was given the task last week of preparing a devotional for this week, centered around Ephesians 6:5-9, a passage about how slaves and masters should treat each other; essentially, slaves should work hard, not just when the master is looking, and masters should not bully slaves understanding that the same Lord is over both of them and there is no favoritism with Him.

Not being a great scripture commentator, I did what any good Catholic would do, I went to the Magisterium.  In this case, I pulled up the lectionary and looked at what readings go along with this one.  Turns out that this passage is read in Cycle A, year 2, on Wednesday of the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  The other readings include passages from the 145th Psalm and the Gospel is from Luke where Jesus talks about the last being first and the first being last.  I related all these together loosely and called it quits.  Short and sweet, and I got to explain how in the Catholic Church we hear 3 different Scripture readings each weekday (5 on Sundays.)  Didn’t bother to mention how if you go to Catholic Church for 6 years you’ll hear somethinge like 90% of the Bible proclaimed in Mass.