Luke 3:1-6
Advent 2C
[…] those places may be and then go there. Because that is where you will find life, and life abundant at that. Please Note: Year C Advent and Christmas 2018 Resources are available on CEP. Textual Points The Synoptic gospels all do the same thing with Isaiah 40:3: namely, they take the line “in the […]
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Epiphany 4B
[…] “knew” these things were tempted to look down on people who worried about eating food people had sacrificed to an idol. I’ll never forget the extended family Christmas party that my distant cousin soured with condescension. This formally educated person made a condescending remark about my formally uneducated cousin’s work as a refuse hauler. […]
Romans 16:25-27
Advent 4B
[…] So perhaps this Sunday God’s adopted sons and daughters can at least begin to turn from Advent’s hymns of longing such as “Come, thou Long-Expected Jesus” to Christmas carols’ “Joy to the world, the Lord has come.” And perhaps near the end of 2020’s utter strangeness and the beginning of 2021’s complete mystery, we […]
James 5:7-10
Advent 3A
[…] visits from family members and friends who live at a distance from us. A few of us may even feel impatient to be done with this whole Christmas business so that we can return to some kind of normalcy. Of course, it can be difficult to stay patient in this or any season. Ask […]
James 5:13-20
Proper 21B
[…] of sins. When the wanderer turns back to Christ, his sins, however many they may be, are completely covered. They don’t drag along like the chains of Christmas past in Dickens’ Christmas Carol. It is possible to have a whole new beginning, because the past is cancelled. I’ve never forgotten that scene from the […]
Philippians 1:3-11
Advent 2C
[…] There’s thanksgiving and joy, love and peace. It makes me think of Thanksgiving Day with a table sagging under the fruits of the harvest, or the annual Christmas feast with family gathered around the table in boisterous good cheer, or the Cornucopia filled with fruit and vegetables and grain on the Communion Table at […]
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Advent 1C
[…] every chapter of our lives in the light of that great and glorious day. And that reminds us that Advent is not just an early celebration of Christmas, as so many of my former parishioners thought. (“Why don’t we sing more Christmas carols in Advent?”) Rather, Advent is a time of preparation for Christ’s […]
Romans 8:12-17
Trinity Sunday B
[…] had to guess, I’d imagine that “Trinity Sunday” may be the most under-celebrated day on the liturgical calendar. It goes without saying that it cannot compete with Christmas or Easter. Even Ascension Day and Pentecost have a hard time generating anywhere near the liturgical wattage of those two big celebrations. Epiphany might get a […]
Hebrews 5:1-10
Lent 5B
[…] brush aside our suffering and by entering into it, he saved us in a most compelling and loving way. It seems that one December afternoon just before Christmas vacation was to begin a group of parents stood in the lobby of a preschool, waiting to claim their children. When the bell rang, the youngsters […]
Romans 16:25-27
Advent 4B
[…] Paul saying “Goodbye” to a lot of people who came to faith because of Mary’s son, Jesus. Maybe taken together these passages remind us that Advent and Christmas are never just about generic humanity. It’s always personal. It was for Mary. It was for Paul when he wrote his letters. Indeed, if ever you […]
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