Tag: Psalmist
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Seventh Sunday After Easter, Year B 2023 – 24: Psalm Passage – Preacher & Seeker take time to think with the psalmist
Preacher: “Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; . . . “ Seeker: “ . . . but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night.”…
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Sixth Sunday After Easter, Year B 2023 – 24: Psalm Passage – Jesus talking to us, the contemporary believers, through the psalmist
Seeker: “O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.” I have a feeling though, the victory was one that the psalmist wanted. This seems to be a pattern of the psalmist. Praising the Lord for victories that the…
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Fifth Sunday After Easter, Year B 2023 – 24: Psalm Passage – Preacher & Seeker consider the psalmist’s beliefs in his Lord God, and the serenity it brings
Preacher: One may not be able to tell from where the RCL picks up this psalm, but the psalmist is frightened and has asked the Divine from protection. But he is also certain that protection will come, and so he feels emboldened to praise his God. “From you comes my praise in the great congregation;…
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Fourth Sunday After Easter, Year B 2023 – 24: Psalm Passage – Exercising faith & belief: Preacher & Seeker look at Psalm 32 again
Preacher: “The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.” I am reminded, and it is no coincidence knowing the RCL, of the gospel passage for this week – that Jesus said He was a good shepherd, the Good Shepherd, laying down His life. And was able through the Divine to pick His life back…
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Third Sunday After Easter, Year B 2023 – 24: Psalm Passage – Leaning in on the relationship with the Divine: Preacher & Seeker take up the psalmist’s plea
Preacher: “Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.” I am not sure if this is a plea or a demand from the psalmist. I am hoping, for the psalmist’s sake it is a plea, considering…
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Holy Week – Tuesday, Year B 2023: Considering types of wisdom on the path
“For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where…
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Palm Sunday, Year B 2023: Psalm Passage – Celebrating Jesus’ & the Divine’s Identity during Lent
Preacher: “Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away. I am the scorn of all my adversaries,…
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Fifth Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Psalm Passage – Petition & Plea for Intercession . . . . during Lent: Preacher & Seeker speak the words of the psalmist, and their own
{Instruction to beloved readers; this is a mingling of Psalm 51:1-12 & Psalm 119:9-16. Trace out and track down which verses are from which passage; or simply enjoying the interweaving. Shalom!} Seeker: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.” Preacher: “How can…
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Fourth Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Psalm Passage – The solace that Lent & belief can bring; Preacher and Seeker testify to it
Preacher: “O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.” I am thinking about all the ways that events in my life come together. It does not always work out that way, I must say. And there are rough spots. But if I take a step back, I…
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Third Week of Lent, Year B 2023: Psalm Passage – Being in Nature; Being in Lent: Preacher & Seeker guide us through the words of the Psalmist
Preacher: “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.” On a clear cloudless night, I look up into the sky and see the moon & the stars dancing together, weaving in and out over the course of the night. And I think, that must be what it is like…
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