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In Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, the audience is jarred out of its familiar ritual commemoration of the Day of the Lord to find itself in the far more destabilizing reality of God’s actual presence. As in (...)

The parable of the sheep and the goats may present one of the most outworn passages in the Bible.  The last of four consecutive judgment parables, if one counts Jesus’ saying concerning faithful and unfaithful (...)

Advent is a season of waiting, a time to be marked by urgent anticipation, by a longing for the fulfillment of what has been promised. The Markan text appointed for Advent 1 encourages readers to (...)

John the Baptist is best known as the forerunner of Jesus, the one who calls on people to prepare the way of the Lord’s coming. In Series B, the Advent season devotes two consecutive Sundays (...)

“Rejoice always.” The third Sunday in Advent has traditionally been known as Gaudete Sunday, taken from the opening of the Psalm appointed for the day so long ago. That Psalm began with the Latin command (...)

Isaiah 60 casts a magnificent vision of Zion’s future — full of light, prosperity, and prestige. This city, whose history is riddled with the wreckage of war and marked by the scars of empire, will (...)

Matthew 2:1-12, the visit of the magi, is the gospel reading for Epiphany. Some congregations choose to use the Epiphany readings on the second Sunday after Christmas. In the Western Church, the visit of the (...)

In the lectionary text for this first day of the New Year, the central theme regards the importance of thanksgiving, of taking a moment and celebrating the gracious deeds of a gracious God. Central to (...)

The Psalms of December’s lectionary: three National Laments — and now, the Sunday after Christmas? A National Thanksgiving! How fitting. Corporate prayers of confession, pleading for mercy for the people, issue in the dawning of (...)

Este primer domingo del año estamos invitados a celebrar el misterio de la encarnación de nuestro Señor Jesucristo a partir del texto de Juan 1: [1-9] 10-18. Es apropiado que leamos los 18 versículos para (...)