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The Presentation of Jesus — Luke 2:22-40

December 21, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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 Family and the law of God. We tend to picture just three […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: First Sunday after Christmas, Luke 2:22-40, RCL Year B, The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

The Annunciation — Luke 1:26-38 on Advent 3

December 15, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

the annunciation

On the Third 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 […]

Filed Under: Bible, Calvin, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Advent 3, Luke 1:26-38, RCL Year B, The Annunciation

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 10:2-16

October 3, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Mark 10:2-16

On the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Revised Common Lectionary gives us another chunk of Mark with two very different stories. Mark 10:2-16 The temptation in Mark 10:2-16 is to let one story swamp the other. For the preacher it probably makes sense to choose just one. That’s probably the way to a coherent sermon. […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Children, Divorce, Mark 10:2-16, RCL Year B

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 9:30-37

September 18, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Mark 9:30-37

On the 25th Sunday of Ordinary time the lectionary skips ahead most of a chapter to Mark 9:30-37. (A little bit of the skipped part came up earlier in the year: Mark 9:2-9 was the Gospel for the last Sunday before Lent, the Transfiguration.) Last week in chapter 8 Jesus started predicting his passion and […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mark 9:30-37, RCL Year B, suffer the little children

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

July 18, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

The Revised Common Lectionary has given us a pair of texts this Sunday (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56). They are shoved together so they appear to be one story, but actually they are separated by a whole eventful day. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Story 1: The disciples return from their mission trip and Jesus takes them away for […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Prayer Tagged With: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 6:30-34, Mark 6:53-56, Monday Meditations, RCL Year B

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