Tag: Revised Common Lectionary
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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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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Old Testament Passage: The Divine raises up a people, drawing them out from peril and oppression
“Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Needing to watchful in the way we live and live out our faith
“Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Epistle Passage: Not needing to wait for mercy
“For the gifts & the calling of God are irrevocable.”
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Psalm Passage: The Mix of Scripture & Lived Experience Yields Inspiration; Preacher & Seeker Speak of It
Seeker: “Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed,” Preacher: “O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.” Have you been praying about anything in particular, Seeker? The psalmist, in a way, is inviting all of creation to come to the Divine in prayer.…
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Season After Pentecost / Reign of Christ, Yr C, 2022: Gospel Passage – Approaching the turnaround of the Church Year; we are reminded where Jesus the Christ & King started out
“When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.” (Luke 23:33) Raise a hue and cry! There has been assault on the King of Kings!! “Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what…
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Season after Pentecost (Proper 17 [22]): The Psalm Passage – From praise to puzzlement to praise; a movement of the spirit
“O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.” (Psalms 105:1) I am often impressed and stand in awe of the Revised Common Lectionary’s matching of various types of scripture passages. This week especially the Psalm’s passage seems to be right in line with the Old Testament…
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Season after Pentecost (Proper 17 [22]): The Epistle Passage – Preacher and Seeker read Paul out loud
Preacher:“Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.” Seeker: If you must compete, beloved listener, with you brother and sister – let it be a competition of caring, a race to show compassion, a contest of warm…
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Season after Pentecost (Proper 17 [22]): The Gospel Passage – The ups and downs of living a Christian life
Last week, although less than exactly one week ago, Peter had made it to the “top of the heap” in identifying that Jesus was the Son of God. Now, Jesus said that it was the God in Heaven who had revealed this to Peter and not Peter’s own glimpse into the Divine. This week Peter…
A Simple Desire 