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 C, Advent 1, Luke 21:25-36
Sunday the new year officially begins for the Western Church — it is the first Sunday of Advent. Everything starts with four weeks of waiting for the coming of Christ. Year C And with that a new cycle of the Lectionary begins: we now are in “Year C” in which the Gospel readings will mostly […]
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 […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 12:38-44
The Gospel for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 12:38-44) gives us two distinct stories. They are, in my opinion, linked primarily by the fact that Mark told them back to back. There is one small point of contact shared between them. Depending on how you think about that point you could argue a […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 10:35-45
The lectionary omits three verses between week 28 (Mark 10:17-31) and week 29 of Ordinary time (Mark 10:35-45). It seems like an easy thing to skip: Just another prediction of Jesus’ coming passion and resurrection. But the skipped bits are pretty crucial: Jesus’ prediction sets up James and John’s request about their place with Jesus […]
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