The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Lent The season of Lent disrupts the liturgical year and the lectionary in many ways. Click here for more information on the season and its readings. Overview and Connections Last week was a pause in the rigor of Lent to remember that we are indeed on a joyful walk READ MORE
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4th Sunday of Lent, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Lent The season of Lent disrupts the liturgical year and the lectionary in many ways. Click here for more information on the season and its readings. Overview and Connections Today is Laetare Sunday, a day of celebration that signals the halfway point of Lent. We are halfway to resurrection! READ MORE
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Lent The season of Lent disrupts the liturgical year and the lectionary in many ways. Click here for more information on the season and its readings. Overview and Connections The Old Testament reading grapples with who God is and what should we call God. It is also a story READ MORE
metanoia
A key theme in the Gospel of Luke as well as in the preaching of John the Baptist, not to mention Jesus. Metanoia is usually translated as either repentance or conversion. It comes from the Greek meta which means (among other things) to change, and noia which means thoughts. Literally, to change your mind. The New Testament usage of this READ MORE
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Lent The season of Lent disrupts the liturgical year and the lectionary in many ways. Click here for more information on the season and its readings. Overview and Connections Genesis speaks to us of relying on God’s promises and depending on God’s deliverance. It also reminds us that mature READ MORE
1st Sunday of Lent, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Lent The season of Lent disrupts the liturgical year and the lectionary in many ways. Click here for more information on the season and its readings. Overview and Connections The first Sunday of Lent is always the reading of Jesus’ desert testing. The Old Testament reading speaks of ritual READ MORE
8th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Overview and Connections The focus of this Ordinary Time season has been to instruct us on how we are to be in the very depths of our soul; and then, by extension, how we are to act as disciples of Jesus in READ MORE
7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Scripture always invites us to step outside our comfort zone, but today’s readings even more than usual. If you don’t feel at least a little uncomfortable after hearing these readings, you’re probably not really listening. 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, READ MORE
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Luke presents his version of the beatitudes, always a challenge to us no matter the format. The Jeremiah reading echos this same format. Both readings show us two possibilities, two ways of living. Which will we choose? Jeremiah 17:5-8 READ MORE
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Today is one of those rare days when all three readings relate, as opposed to most Sundays when the New Testament reading hangs out by itself while the Old Testament and Gospel readings complement one another. Today is about READ MORE