The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts Click here for more information. Important background on this feast Genesis 14:18-20 Background of the book The beginning of this chapter sets the stage with four kings from the East and five rebel kings from the West. The rebels have joined forces near the Dead Sea (v3). They READ MORE
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Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
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
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
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
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – Lectionary and Interpretation
This feast was initially instituted in 1925 to combat rising nationalism and fascism. The intent was to affirm the primacy of Christ over all nations. After Vatican 2, the feast was moved to close out the liturgical year. It is the culmination of Ordinary Time and is the point towards which the whole liturgical journey READ MORE
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feasts Click here for more information. Important background on this feast Exodus 24:3-8 Background of the book The Exodus reading pictures Moses and the Israelites receiving the law (the 10 commandments plus all those other laws that define what it means to be Jewish). It’s a pretty graphic picture READ MORE
The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ – Lectionary and Interpretation
This is one of two feasts celebrating particular doctrines (the Most Holy Trinity is the other one). We thank you, our Father, for the life and knowledge which you have made known to us through Jesus your Servant; to you be the glory forever. Even as this broken bread was scattered over the hills, and READ MORE
The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity – Lectionary and Interpretation
This is one of two feasts celebrating particular doctrines (the Body and Blood is the other one). Bishop Arius died in 336. He denied the divinity of Christ by saying “There was a time when Christ was not.” He said Christ was merely an exalted creature. St. Augustine spent much of his life arguing against READ MORE
Feast of the Holy Family
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation during Christmas The Feast of the Holy Family seems to want to present us with a picture of an idyllic family that has probably never existed in the history of mankind. The fact is, relationships can be messy, all the more so when they are in the context of closely READ MORE
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Feast Days
A feast day brings an additional level to the interpretation of the readings. For a feast, all three readings are chosen to correspond to the theme of the feast. In a sense, they all go together but they do not necessarily depend on one another. Each reading stands alone and is interpreted primarily through the READ MORE