Isaiah 42:1-9
Epiphany 1A
On this First Sunday after Epiphany, the world-wide church celebrates the baptism of Jesus because that event was the first manifestation of the glory of God in the adult ministry of Jesus. To help us see the magnificence of Christ’s glory, the Lectionary selects Isaiah 42 for its Old Testament reading. It is a […]
Luke 4:14-21
Epiphany 3C
[…] the opportunity to hold off on the challenge that Jesus’s prophetic voice will always bring to us as we listen to him. And in light of the Epiphany season, we can read our current text with an eye and ear for what is revealed or made known about our Saviour. What’s made known from […]
Genesis 45:3-11, 15
Epiphany 7C
[…] March and as late as the last Sunday in April. Falling as it does on April 17 this year, Easter’s late date means an extra-long season after Epiphany and that in turns means getting to some RCL texts we don’t see very often in case Epiphany is much shorter than the 8 Sundays we […]
Psalm 111
Epiphany 4B
[…] you those two stories not to win your sympathy, but to remind you that your congregation will be full of such stories this Fourth Sunday of the Epiphany season. They are not seeing the glory of Christ in their lives and the Hallelujahs are stuck in their throats. Our Psalm for today ends with […]
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