This year, the lectionary Gospels for Lent 2 through 5 tell of amazing encounters with Jesus from the Gospel of John — and each one is longer than the last. First Nicodemus, then the woman at the well, now the man born blind. These stories are rich, and also convoluted. They are tough to grasp […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 3, John 4:5-42
This Sunday’s Gospel, John 4:5-42, is a fantastic encounter with Jesus. Jesus’ conversation with “the woman at the well” is rich and powerful — and extremely long. I’m glad that the compilers of the lectionary didn’t chop it up (like last week when they hacked the end of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus). It needs to […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 2, John 3:1-17
I wrote on this passage two years ago, when it came up as the Gospel for Trinity Sunday in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. I’m writing today without reference to that post — but you might want to check it out. John 3:1-17 The text, John 3:1-17, is the bulk of the story […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 1, Matthew 4:1-11
On the first Sunday in Lent, the Revised Common Lectionary always turns us toward the temptation of Christ. Matthew 4:1-11 (this year, “Year A”) tells the story in detail, as does Luke 4:1-13 (Year C), while Mark 1:9-15 (Year B) mentions it only in passing. Last year I wrote extensively on Luke’s version, and I […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Transfiguration, Matthew 17:1-9
In the Revised Common Lectionary, on the last Sunday before Lent, the Gospel reading is always the Transfiguration. This year, year “A,” we get Matthew’s version. There are small differences between the accounts. In Mark and Luke, when Peter suggests building homes for these three distinguished persons, we get the snide comment that Peter did […]
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