On the fourth Sunday of Advent the lectionary Gospel finally brings us to what we thought the whole of Advent should be about: the anticipation of the birth of Jesus. No more of John the Baptist and his wild preaching about turning the world upside down, leveling the mountains and filling up the valleys with […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, Advent 3, Luke 3:7-18
On the third Sunday of Advent in Year C, the lectionary continues Luke’s telling of the story of John the Baptist’s ministry. That’s right: a month into the period where every store and many a radio station plays nothing but Christmas carols, the Church steadfastly resists. No baby in Bethlehem just yet. We wait, on […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, Advent 2, Luke 3:1-6
Last week, as Advent began, the lectionary Gospel turned our focus from the present to the future. If we were expecting something about a baby in a manger we were disappointed. We were firmly planted in this present troubled world, looking for Christ’s coming at the end of the age. On the Second Sunday of […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, Christ the King, John 18:33-37
This Sunday is the celebration of “Christ the King,” the last Sunday in the Western Church year. Christ the King Mainline Protestantism seem to take this celebration in stride, as if it were as ancient and venerable a part of the calendar as Easter, or Lent, or even Christmas. The youngest of those key celebrations […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 13:1-8
And so, on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Revised Common Lectionary bids goodbye to its year with the Gospel of Mark. (There is one more Sunday in the year, but the Gospel for “Christ the King” Sunday will be John.) The text is Mark 13:1-8 — which is just the beginning of Jesus’ discussion […]
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