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Isaiah 50:4-9a

Palm Sunday C

Those who try to say something authoritative about the Lord had better have a really good reason for doing so. After all, few tasks are, more intimidating than trying to faithfully proclaim God’s Word. In fact, most preachers and teachers know the fear that sometimes chases them right up to the pulpit or lectern. Scholars…

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Isaiah 50:4-9a

Lent 6B

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Parts of this lection are pretty well known, particularly since in the Passion section of his oratorio Messiah, G.F. Handel lifted up some of these words and set them to music.  (I have personally always been struck by the way Handel turned the word “plucked” into a two-syllable word…

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