Tag: lectionary
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Silence in the Face of Our Finitude
Job 39:26-4:5 – 6/3/2026 Then Job answered the Lord: “See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.” Job 4:3-4 (NRSVue) Job has a complaint with God and he makes it. God’s response is thunderous. Verse after verse, God asks Job if Job can do the…
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The Liturgical Use of Scripture
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 – 5/31/2026 – Trinity Sunday & The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you 2 Corinthians 13:13 (NRSVue) Today’s Lectionary texts from the New Testament, both the Epistle reading and the…
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The Response to Love: Command and Promise
John 14:15-17 – 5/30/2026 If you love me, [you will] keep my commandments. John 14:15 (NRSVue) The connection between loving Jesus and keeping Jesus’s commandments is central to the life of a Christian. Loving Jesus provides the motivation to follow; keeping the commandments is simply the act of following Jesus. There is a certain amount…
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The Time of Our Salvation
2 Timothy 1:8-12 – 5/28/2026 [God] saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before [historic time]. 2 Timothy 1:9 (NRSVue with my re-translation) When I left the life of the…
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The Breath of God, Third Person of the Trinity
Psalm 104:24-35 – 5/26/2026 When you send forth your spirit [or breath], [living things] are created, and you renew the face of the ground. Psalm 104:30 (NRSVue) The word “Spirit” in both the Greek and Hebrew portions of the Bible is a tricky word. In both languages the word that gets translated as “spirit” primarily…
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Food for the Hungry from an Embodied God
Joel 2:18-29 – 5/25/2026 I am sending you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied Joel 2:19 (NRSVue) Today’s reading from the Hebrew Prophet Joel contains the prophesy that Peter references on the first day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descends on the gathered believers. “I will pour out my spirit on…
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The Partnership between God and Man
John 20:19-23 – 5/24/2026 – Day of Pentecost When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” John 20:22-23 (NRSVue) Today’s text comes from the celebration…
Dionysus on a Bike 