Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Mark 13:24-37

I’m confused.   But not by the fantastical language. This passage opens our Advent season with [...]

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Comentario del San Mateo 25:31-46

Mateo 25:31-46 nos da la oportunidad de ver a Cristo [...]

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Commentary on Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

The Revised Common Lectionary has selected two handfuls of verses [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 95:1-7a

If you are considering this psalm selection for Christ the King/Reign of Christ Sunday, one [...]

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Commentary on Ephesians 1:15-23

Like Alice through the looking glass, the perspective of the [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 25:31-46

The Lord’s teaching on the final judgment challenges every disciple [...]

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Commentary on Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18

The verses included in this pericope center around the Day [...]

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Commentary on Judges 4:1-7

It is mind-boggling but true: this is the only passage from the book of Judges [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12

In ancient Israel, crisis brought a response of gathering at [...]

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Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

There’s an important detail about 1 Thessalonians that every reader [...]