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
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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
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
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