Sometimes the Revised Common Lectionary offers two Gospel readings to choose from. The Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year C is one of those times. They don’t explain why, and I frankly cannot guess. I suspect it is an attempt to get me to write more blog posts. John 5:1-9 In any case, I already […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 6th Sunday of Easter, John 14:23-29
My strongest memory of this week’s first Gospel passage is from a pastoral moment gone awry. I was praying with a group of seminarians before they started a very long day of ordination exams. I decided it would be encouraging, comforting in the midst of stress, to quote Jesus: Peace I leave with you; my […]
Monday Meditation — RCL Year B, 6th Sunday of Easter, John 15:9-17
(My “Monday Meditations” are a personal dive into the Gospel text assigned for the coming Sunday, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, in the Revised Common Lectionary.) John 15:9-17 Next Sunday’s texts are again completely lacking in explicit reference to the resurrection. I find this astonishing, but will not belabor the point. Our task to read […]