The Second Sunday in Lent1 March A. D. 206 Year A ReadingsGenesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17+ John 3:1-17 The CollectO God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace...
The First Sunday of Lent22 February A. D. 2026 Year A ReadingsGenesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Psalm 32, Romans 5:12-19,+ Matthew 4:1-11 The CollectAlmighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of...
Year B Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Jeremiah lived during one of the most critical periods in the history of the Jewish people… the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple… followed immediately by the Babylonian exile… he witnessed the last years of the kingdom...
Year B Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… So we’ve got this curious little passage from Numbers… that after some more time in the wilderness… the people became impatient… and complained… and spoke against God and Moses… again… negating their release from slavery… and...
Year B Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… We need to remember that our oldest sacred texts… did not arise in a vacuum… there were already other creation stories in the ancient Near East… the Babylonian Enuma Elish … which was discovered in 1849...