Tag: Old Testament Passage
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Day of Pentecost, Year B 2023 – 24: Old Testament Passage – A glimpse into my faith & spiritual life
“The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said…
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Concluding Holy Week – Easter, Year B 2023: The Wait is Over!
“On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.” (Isaiah 25:6) On this day the Lord of Hosts will announce liberty for the imprisoned, sight for the blind, and healing for…
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Holy Week – Good Friday, Year B 2023: Considering . . . . . Jesus the Christ & Messiah
“See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.” (Isaiah 52:13) What follows is a description of a man who one would not consider to be exalted. Was the writer of the the book Isaiah/the prophet Isaiah talking about Jesus the Christ & Messiah (these two descriptive…
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Holy Week – Monday, Year B 2023: Putting foot to the path
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.” (Isaiah 42:1) Yes, here we are again at this verse. First Mary saying, “Yes, Lord.” Then Jesus saying, “Yes, Lord. I will do as You ask,…
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Annunciation of the Lord, Year B 2023: Psalm Passage – Celebrating Mary & Her Decision regarding the Divine
I am emboldened, beloved reader. More so this part of the church year than I have been in the past. I do not know why, but it feels right to express new theological ideas. When I did a search once again to pinpoint the established and traditional rationale behind the feast of the Annunciation, I…
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Palm Sunday, Year B 2023: Old Testament Passage – Claiming our identity during Lent
“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens– wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.” (Isaiah 50:4) It is a disappointment, and a frustration, that the commentator’s attribute this passage to the…
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Fifth Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Old Testament Passage – The days are surely coming . . . as we approach the end of Lent
“The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.” (Jeremiah 31:31) “My people”, the Lord God says, “My people I will take care of. I will look after them. I will not forsake them or leave them to wonder…
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Fourth Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Old Testament Passage – The “living conditions” of Lent
“From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food…
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Third Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Old Testament Passage – Getting back to basics, and my reflections on that
“Then God spoke all these words: . . . “ (Exodus 20:1) When the Lord God called Abram out of Ur, the Divine called him to a God who was Single, the Only One, as opposed to multi-theistic gods who “ruled” over various minor things. In living among the Egyptians, this not so minor point…
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Second Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Old Testament Passage – Where the fault and reason lies for the need of Lent
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” (Genesis 17:1 – 2) I have been thinking lately about humanity and how much…
A Simple Desire 