TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 25, 2023 CHRISTMAS III Isaiah 52:7-10 Reading 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” 8 Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 24, 2023 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 Reading 1 When the king was settled in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 17, 2023 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Reading 1 The spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; 2 […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 10, 2023 Isaiah 40:1-11 Reading 1 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 3, 2023 Isaiah 64:1-9 Reading 1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence — 2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil — to make your name known to your adversaries, so […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT NOVEMBER 26, 2023 FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING Ezekiel 34:11-24 Reading 11 Thus says the LORD God: I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12 As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT NOVEMBER 19, 2023 During Pentecost Season 2023, the Revised Common Lectionary offers two “tracks” of readings from the Hebrew Bible. Congregations may choose either track. The first track of readings follows major stories and themes, read mostly continuously from week to week. The second track of readings thematically pairs the reading […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT NOVEMBER 12, 2023 During Pentecost Season 2023, the Revised Common Lectionary offers two “tracks” of readings from the Hebrew Bible. Congregations may choose either track. The first track of readings follows major stories and themes, read mostly continuously from week to week. The second track of readings thematically pairs the reading […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT NOVEMBER 5, 2023 ALL SAINTS’ DAY OBSERVED Revelation 7:9-17 Reading 9 After this I, John, looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT OCTOBER 29, 2023 During Pentecost Season 2023, the Revised Common Lectionary offers two “tracks” of readings from the Hebrew Bible. Congregations may choose either track. The first track of readings follows major stories and themes, read mostly continuously from week to week. The second track of readings thematically pairs the reading […]