Narrative Lectionary

and to walk humbly with your God?
Commentary on Micah [1:3-5]; 5:2-5a; 6:6-8

A very important starting point for us preachers is to [...]

Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares
Commentary on Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; then 2:1-4

The narrative account in Isaiah [...]

God Touches Jeremiah's Mouth
Commentary on Jeremiah 1:4-10; 7:1-11

Reading the call of Jeremiah in Jeremiah1:4-10 together with the [...]

Annunciation to St. Joseph
Commentary on Matthew 1:18-25

At the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew, the author presents an account of the [...]

O Radix Iesse
Commentary on Matthew 1:1-17

Matthew’s genesis, or origin account, of the Christ shares a family history that might seem [...]

to cut the bread
Commentary on Matthew 6:7-21

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). The aphorism [...]

Matthew 7:12
Commentary on Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29

These selections come from the third of the three chapters [...]

Sower went out to sow
Commentary on Matthew 13:24-43

After hearing the parable of the Sower, Jesus’ disciples ask [...]

Bread and Fish
Commentary on Matthew 14:13-33

In Matthew 14, Jesus’ exercise of divine power is set [...]

Matthew 18:4-5
Commentary on Matthew 18:1-9

A focus on Jesus’ identity in Matthew 17 now gives way to the identity of [...]