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Tag Archives: Bible
Reconciliation Lectionary: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
When I was looking at this passage, and the Collegeville Bible commentary on it, it struck me that the commandment Moses is bringing to the people is to love God. Can love be commanded? Here is the passage from the … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: 1 Peter 1:13-16, 18-23
First Peter gives the penitent a mature outlook to consider. First, we are part of an honored tradition. Second, we are presumed to have some level of accomplishment as believers, that we have worked on our life of faith and … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: 2 Peter 1:3-11
The only offering from this letter in the Reconciliation Lectionary: Beloved, His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power. Through … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: Hebrews 12:1-5
This passage from the letter to the Hebrews starts with a great visual image: Brothers and sisters, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: James 1:22-27
The letter of James contains much that strikes and unsettles the Christian believer. As it must have been for the community James was addressing, it remains so today. There is a lot of reflection material packed into six verses. The … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: 1 Peter 2:20b-25
During Lent, the usual Sunday evening New Testament canticle for Vespers (Revelation 19 with lots of alleluias) is replaced with a lyrical passage from 1 Peter. Is it a fragment of an early Christian hymn? The musician in me might like to … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: Mark 1:14-15
I thought that to complement the Last Words of Jesus, that an interesting devotional or musical exercise would be to meditate on the First Words. In Mark’s Gospel, those words are simple, direct, and challenging: After John had been arrested, … Continue reading
FBV 40: An All-Gospel Final
Our final. Two Luke passages have emerged, one from the Passion, the other post-Resurrection: Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. (Luke 23:42b) “Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: Sirach 28:1-7
The next several days of the daily Lectionary features a brief sojourn in one of the Bible’s longest books, Sirach. I don’t know why Sirach isn’t mined more often for Lectionary usage. True, it doesn’t always make the transition from the … Continue reading
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FBV 39
Bible verses seven, eight, and nine: line up: The second of two entries from the Psalms: Be still and know that I am God! The second of two entries from Saint Paul: So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but … Continue reading
FBV 38
Our second match-up of the Numinous Nine features our second consecutive Luke-John pairing. The wild card today is Galatians. Saint Paul has only four poll successes out of twenty so far, so we’ll see if our equality before God has any legs: … Continue reading
FBV 37
The Numinous Nine are set. Over the next three days, we’ll get a chance to whittle nine Scripture verses into a final Trinity. The pairings include Saturday’s: 1 Cor 13:13/Ps 46:11a/Mt 11:28 and tomorrow’s Jn 1:1/Lk 24:32b/Gal 3:28 Today’s trio … Continue reading
Reconciliation Lectionary: Psalm 36
The 36th Psalm doesn’t appear at all in the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Sundays and feasts. It makes but one appearance among the daily readings, Thursday of the 16th week of Year 2. It’s a special text for me (because of the … Continue reading
FBV 36
Let’s wrap up the Twilling Twenty-Seven with this matchup of two Old Testament passages with another of the Lord’s “I am” declarations. Jesus first: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will … Continue reading
FBV 35
In today’s Twilling Twenty-Seven matchup, a difficult dilemma for us Catholics. How do you choose between the seed of the Our Father and the first half of the Hail Mary? From the Annunciation in Luke: And coming to her, he … Continue reading
