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Readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Deacon Randy Kiel – 10/22/2026
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…
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