John 2:1-11
Epiphany 2C
[…] to that for which he created us and this whole cosmos to begin with. This text is appointed in the Lectionary Year C for the time of Epiphany. We’re in between the big spectacle of Christmas and the big spectacle of Easter. We’re in that time of the church year when we look at […]
Luke 4:21-30
Epiphany 4C
[…] him in the synagogue that day—that would hardly be surprising. Who knows just what we are to make of all this. But perhaps in this Season of Epiphany one thing we can take away from this aspect of Luke 4 is this: Jesus really was born truly human and he was born into—and then […]
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Epiphany 4C
[…] as James Boyce points out (Preach This Week, February 3, 2013) that when Paul begins it with “I will show you the most excellent way,” he’s using Epiphany language. By contrasting the sinful divisions of the Corinthian Church with the unity the Holy Spirit instills through the practice of love, Paul shines light on […]
Acts 10:34-43
Epiphany 1A
[…] is less interested in the Romans or even Jesus’s baptism than with the baptized Jesus (and his Church’s) mission. A mission that has much to do with Epiphany’s emphasis on Jesus the Light of the world bringing light to a spiritually darkened world. Peter and his Jewish contemporaries seemed to have assumed that Jesus’ […]
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Epiphany C
[…] perfectly wise and just. He defended those on society’s margins. Jesus’ reign, inaugurated at his ascension, will endure forever. On top of that, in the season of Epiphany during which Psalm 72 is appointed, Christians can hardly read it without thinking of the visit of the Magi to the young Jesus and his parents. […]
John 2:1-11
Epiphany 2C
[…] to that for which he created us and this whole cosmos to begin with. This text is appointed in the Lectionary Year C for the time of Epiphany. We’re in between the big spectacle of Christmas and the big spectacle of Easter. We’re in that time of the church year when we look at […]
Luke 4:21-30
Epiphany 4C
[…] him in the synagogue that day—that would hardly be surprising. Who knows just what we are to make of all this. But perhaps in this Season of Epiphany one thing we can take away from this aspect of Luke 4 is this: Jesus really was born truly human and he was born into—and then […]
Psalm 138
Epiphany 5C
The Lectionary likes Psalm 138 and slates it sometimes in Ordinary Time and sometimes in Epiphany. I have several sermon commentaries on the CEP site on Psalm 138 but for this week I will riff on the last time I wrote about this in the Sundays after Epiphany. I have noted often in my […]
Genesis 1:1-5
Epiphany 1B
This First Sunday after Epiphany celebrates the Baptism of Jesus, that spectacular epiphany of his glory as he began his public ministry. All of the Lectionary readings for this Sunday were chosen because they have to do with water, whether the primeval waters of Genesis 1 or the waters of the Mediterranean that spawn […]
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Epiphany 5B
It’s perhaps somewhat ironic that in Epiphany’s season that focuses on light, the RCL appoints epistolary lessons whose mysteries leave at least some of its readers in the dark. It doesn’t help that the RCL often drops its proclaimers into the middle of chapters that discuss of complex issues. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson is […]
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