Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
Epiphany 2B
[…] lot ink on the entire Psalm there, I’ll merely highlight some of those comments here and add a few that are relevant for this Second Sunday after Epiphany. One might wonder what this text has to do with Epiphany. We get a clue when we consult the other Old Testament reading and the Gospel […]
Isaiah 49:1-7
Epiphany 2A
[…] not to be turned off by the controversy. This complex passage is tailor made to help you reveal the glory of Christ on this Second Sunday after Epiphany. The most obvious connection to Epiphany is that line in verse 6, “I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring […]
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Epiphany 3B
If you pay attention to the liturgical year, you know that we are still in the season of Epiphany. At first reading, I wondered what the story of Jonah has to do with Epiphany. Upon further meditation, I saw that it is a revelation of the grace of God in the most unexpected places– […]
1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20)
Epiphany 2B
On this Second Sunday after Epiphany, the parallels between this Old Testament reading and the Gospel reading (John 1:43-51) are obvious and instructive. Both are about calling, of Samuel and of the first disciples. Both are about God revealing himself, through his spoken word and through the Word made flesh. Both calls evoke a […]
Exodus 24:12-18
Last Epiphany A
We come at last to the last Sunday of Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday. Epiphany began with the proclamation of Christ to the nations, represented by the Magi from the East, and it ends with an even more dramatic presentation of God’s glory on a mountain. Indeed, all of the lectionary readings for today feature a […]
Psalm 72:1-4, 10-14
Epiphany C
It is easy to see why this poem was chosen for the Day of Epiphany: it’s all about foreign kings and dignitaries bowing before the King of Israel. Think Magi and all that. The Bible I used for Psalm 72 says up top that this poem is “Of Solomon,” even though at the end […]
Jeremiah 17:5-10
Epiphany 6C
It is hard to see why this text was chosen by the Lectionary for this Sixth Sunday of Epiphany, except that its “blessed/cursed” formulary sounds much like Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, which is the Gospel reading for today (Luke 6:17-26 and see the reading from Psalm 1). But there’s nothing here about the […]
Isaiah 60:1-6
Epiphany C
[…] all when they show up even as we ourselves wish to be welcomed. That’s the deepest challenge and the dearest message of the day we call “ Epiphany.” Here’s hoping we all have enough wideness in our hearts and in our minds and in the grace given to us as to find this a […]
Matthew 2:1-12
Epiphany C
[…] walls to be breached and eradicated, expect former foes to become sisters and brothers, those you once shunned to become cherished friends. We assign this text to Epiphany and it falls on an actual Sunday only once every half-dozen or so years. And if an “epiphany” is a kind of revelation, then it’s the […]
Micah 6:1-8
Epiphany 4A
In the midst of the glory of Epiphany we encounter this sobering and bracing text about God’s lawsuit against his sinful people. How is this an Epiphany text? The only connection I could find lies in that little word “showed” in verse 8. After the whole court proceeding laid out in verses 1-7, God […]
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