Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on John 21:1-19

Scholars often refer to John 21 as the epilogue of the Gospel. It’s possible that [...]

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Commentary on Luke 4:1-13

Before anything else, we must get clear about the characters in this scene. There is [...]

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Comentario del San Juan 20:19-31

A veces olvidamos que la Pascua, el momento más gozoso [...]

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Commentary on Revelation 1:4-8

On the second Sunday of Easter, the opening epistolary greetings [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 150

If you have ever experienced a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” you have some sense of what [...]

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Commentary on Acts 5:27-32

The story of the apostles’ trial before the Sanhedrin comes on the heels of their [...]

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Commentary on John 20:19-31

These two interconnected scenes are escalating episodes of recognition that John has crafted to lead [...]

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Comentario del San Lucas 24:1-12 y San Juan 20:1-18

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:19-26

For the joyous, celebratory day of Easter, the lectionary returns [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

Psalm 118 is the psalm of psalms for the Easter [...]