The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feast Days Click here for more information. Overview and Connections This feast is always on February 2, forty days after Christmas. In the Easter Orthodox church, it’s known as the Feast of the Encounter, and in other countries, it’s known as Candlemas. We know this feast was celebrated very READ MORE
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3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Today we hear an Old Testament story of a people hearing God’s law as for the first time. In the Gospel, Jesus reads a passage familiar to his audience, but then makes a startling new declaration about it. Each READ MORE
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Welcome to Ordinary Time! A bit of liturgical trivia: there is actually no “First Sunday of Ordinary Time,” as that Sunday is always superseded by the Baptism of the Lord. Liturgical seasons are no more abrupt changes than our READ MORE
The Baptism of the Lord
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Although not titled a Feast, today is, in fact, a feast day. It both closes the Christmas season and opens the season of Ordinary Time. It is very much a liturgical hinge and transition. It’s also a time of transition READ MORE
4th Sunday of Advent
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Season of Advent Click here for more information. Overview and Connections The first week of Advent always looks forward to Christ’s second coming. The 2nd and 3rd Sundays focus on John the Baptist, announcing Christ’s first coming as he began his earthly ministry. This fourth Sunday is always READ MORE
3rd Sunday of Advent
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Season of Advent Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Last week we heard from the fiery character of John in the desert, calling us to a complete turn, a total transformation of life. Such deep-rooted change can feel overwhelming, so we are balanced this week by READ MORE
2nd Sunday of Advent
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Season of Advent Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Last Sunday focused on Christ’s future second coming. Today we shift to the past, when John the Baptist heralded Christ’s first coming. And this first coming is not limited to the nativity, as the season might suggest, READ MORE
1st Sunday of Advent
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for the Season of Advent Click here for more information. Overview and Connections Today, the authors of the Jeremiah passage and Luke have inherited prophecies of something coming, something that once felt urgent, but now seems blunted by the passage of time. These readings speak of promises made but not READ MORE
34th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feast Days Click here for more information. What does it mean for Christ to be King of the Universe? What light does each of these readings shed on that? More information about the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe. Daniel 7:13-14 Background of the book READ MORE
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Daniel 12:1-3 Background of the book V1 begins with “at that time,” so let’s situate this in the larger historical context. Chps 10-12 recount a vision of the Hellenistic wars. Alexander the Great died in 323 BC with no heir. A 30-year READ MORE