Revised Common Lectionary

Detail from painting depicting Herod's banquet, by Pedro García de Benabarre, ca. 1470
Commentary on Psalm 85:8-13

The lection consists of what are clearly the most familiar, beautiful, and beloved verses of [...]

Detail from painting depicting Herod's banquet, by Pedro García de Benabarre, ca. 1470
Commentary on Amos 7:7-15

Amos is a peculiar prophet in a couple of ways. First, he was a Judean [...]

Detail from painting depicting Herod's banquet, by Pedro García de Benabarre, ca. 1470
Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-14

Commentary for this text is forthcoming.

Detail from painting depicting Herod's banquet, by Pedro García de Benabarre, ca. 1470
Commentary on Mark 6:14-29

The story of John’s murder is dreadful throughout. The Bible includes a number of tales [...]

Detail from painting depicting Herod's banquet, by Pedro García de Benabarre, ca. 1470
Comentario del San Marcos 6:14-29

El estudio fructífero de cualquier texto bíblico requiere inexorablemente la [...]

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Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10

This reading combines three different genres: a brief narrative about [...]

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Commentary on Ezekiel 2:1-5

The book of Ezekiel situates us in an exilic community of Israelites in Babylon. This [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 123

Psalm 123 is the fourth psalm in the collection that is usually known as the Songs of [...]

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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 12:2-10

What is the true spiritual power?1 What constitutes true spiritual [...]

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Commentary on Mark 6:1-13

One of the more unnerving aspects of Mark’s narrative is that people we might expect [...]