Year A Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… John the Baptist wears symbolic clothing and eats symbolic food… both of which suggest people and processes in Israel’s past… both of which explore the dynamics of repentance… John’s clothing is reminiscent of Elijah’s… in a story...
Year A Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… There’s a story… called What is the World Like?… in it… God and a man are walking down the road… the man asks God… What is the world like?… God replies… I can’t talk when I’m thirsty… if...
Year C Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… How odd it is… to have a reading that evokes images of Good Friday… during Advent… how counterintuitive it seems… to mash-up Christ the King with Christ the Crucified… how unlike the excess of monarchy… is the poverty...
Year C Malachi 4:1-2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… According to The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Third Edition)… the word eschatology first appeared in English in the 19th century… and it refers to the doctrine of last things… that is… the ultimate destiny of...
Year A Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 Psalm 149 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Can God create a rock so heavy… that God could not lift it… this question is a convoluted contradiction about divine omnipotence… about being all-potent… because if God can create a rock that God cannot lift… ...