Duccio di Buoninsegna – Transfiguration (public domain) This Sunday is “Transfiguration Sunday” in the West, and so in Year B the Revised Common Lectionary gives us Mark 9:2-9. The same text will be one of the options just two weeks from now, on the 2nd Sunday of Lent. The Transfiguration Unlike last week’s Gospel, this […]
A Day in the Life of Jesus — Mark 1:29-39
For Year B, on the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, the Revised Common Lectionary Gospel text is Mark 1:29-39. It is more “a day in the life of Jesus” than on one of those texts that makes a single, unified point. A Day in the Life of Jesus That is to say, it is an amazing […]
The Presentation of Jesus — Luke 2:22-40
Guido Da Siena – Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (public domain) On the First Sunday after Christmas, the Revised Common Lectionary offers us the text known as “The Presentation of Jesus.” It’s Luke 2:22-40 and comes in four distinct scenes. The Presentation The scene is set for the Presentation with references to the Holy […]
The Annunciation — Luke 1:26-38 on Advent 4
On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary gives us Luke 1:26-38. It is the story of “the Annunciation,” nine months before Christmas. But we are in December, chronologically only a week-and-a-half before Mary will give birth. It’s all good. Advent is an excellent time to think about the promise […]
Not the Light — John 1:6-8, 19-28
The discussion of John the Baptist as “not the light” but rather “a witness to testify to the light” is missing its context. In year B, the Gospel for the third Sunday of Advent is John 1:6-8 and 19-28, the parts of Gospel’s prologue about John the Baptist, and leaving out the parts directly about […]
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