Category: Lectionary / Liturgy of Word
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Revised New Jerusalem Bible Lectionary for Sundays of Easter
What if the Revised New Jerusalem Bible were to be used in a new lectionary? Here’s how that could look.
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Exodus at the Paschal Vigil: A Terrifying Dare to Believe
The history of the Church’s liturgy reveals that a significant aspect of “keeping vigil” through the nighttime hours is a prolonged Liturgy of the Word. Some ancient traditions proclaimed a number of scriptural and even non-scriptural readings to an assembly as it kept a “night watch” before the observance of a major liturgical celebration. While…
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Taking the Lectionary to Task
Lest we liturgical-types get smug over how our lectionaries keep us from only preaching on our favorite passages, Sarah Hinkley Wilson offers a salty assessment of some of the weaknesses of most lectionaries. I don’t necessarily agree with all her criticisms, but she provides food for thought and some proposed work-arounds (not all of which…
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Another Rembrandt: Thoughts on the Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son is the centerpiece of the last three Sundays of Lent in Year C. Why?
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Lent, Lectionary, and Preparation for Repentance
One approach to lectionary reform would be to use the two pillars of Incarnation (Orthodoxy) and the Cross (veneration) as Sundays revealing Christ as the savior of humankind.
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Ars Praedicandi: The Two Prodigal Sons and Forgiveness
There are two prodigal sons in this parable. One has alienated himself from his father by trying to satisfy his passions. The other distanced himself from his father and his brother by indulging in anger and envy.
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The One Word of God in Many Voices
The diversity of voices that proclaim our Scriptures in the liturgy are a kind of aural icon of the infinite fulness of the Word spoken in eternity.
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Sarum Sequence for the Second Sunday of Advent
This sequence seems closer to a hymn of the day, inspired by the scriptures proclaimed at this eucharist in the Sarum Rite.
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Second Sunday of Advent
Our readings for the Second Sunday of Advent this year remind us that the Advent of the Messiah is the Advent of justice and joy.