Sentences with word «lectionary»

Let's be more concerned to fulfill what Ephesians 3:6 says in the Western lectionary reading for Epiphany, that Jew and gentile should be «copartners» in the «same body.»

Unfortunately, we have not yet resolved the problem of the simply bad Lectionary texts.

The post-Vatican II Lectionary for Mass has many fine features, one of which is the continuous reading of the Acts of the Apostles during weekday Masses in the Easter season.

And like most Episcopal churches, this one joined hundreds of thousands of Protestant churches from around the world in following the Revised Common Lectionary as a general guide for which passages of Scripture would be read, preached on, and reflected upon that week.

I read this week's lectionary passages last summer in the Urubamba Valley in my native Peru, and in my native Spanish: «Pero Cristo ya vino, y ahora el es el Sumo sacerdote...» At first I resisted the Hebrews passage, as I prefer Jesus» concrete teachings to more abstract theological concepts.

Mine include 20 years of a weekly gathering with eight or more for breakfast, prayer and an hour with lectionary readings.

Both are Lectionary based denominations, meaning that the scriptures for a given Sunday are set out for years in advance, and follow a progression, meaning that a story in the Bible will continue over several weeks.

The new lectionary benefits musicians as much as preachers by making integration of sung and spoken word much more readily achieved.

In recent months the publication of the Inclusive Language Lectionary by the National Council of Churches has highlighted the importance of language.

In the three - year ecumenical lectionary we get the richness of lectio continua and lectio selecta.

The Scripture readings appointed for this day in the historic lectionary system are: Introit: Ps.

As Advent lectionary readings show, God comes in many ways, and so Advent also looks ahead to God's future interventions in history, and especially to his final advent at the last day....

I continue to do lectionary study at St. Frances Cabrini in Prospect Park on Thursday mornings with an ever - growing group of worship planners.

They include the enrichment of common worship by lectionary readings, the liturgical calendar, the biblical and historical prayers of the church (especially the Lord's Prayer), corporate confession of sin, and the assurance of pardon.

The new Catholic Sunday lectionary, which went into effect in 1969, is certainly the most carefully prepared in the history of Christianity.

The convocation should avoid Scripture readings linked to the historic lectionary and should use instead «a reading in keeping with the spirit of the convocation or in harmony with academic or campus wide themes».

Faith Formation Curriculum Tied to the Catholic Lectionary, Build.Plant.Grow provides character education lessons for schools and parishes using readings from the Bible and children's literature.

I love that our friend Preston Yancey has created a super-simple blog providing daily lectionary readings from the two - year cycle found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.

The new lectionary combines the traditional use of readings organized around the church year for the Old Testament and Gospel lessons, and the Reformation insistence on lectio continua in the Epistle lections.

The result is a three - year lectionary covering most of the New Testament and a major portion of the Old.

The treatment of the Christian year, centered on the Easter vigil, is especially incisive, although one misses a critical examination of changes in the Christian calendar brought about by the multi-year lectionary and, in Roman Catholic usage, «Sundays in ordinary time.»

If I wasn't in the institutional church that has regular lectionary reading I would not have got around to reading or conceiving Jeremiah 23.

sometimes, however, i will preach lectionary if it is seasonal.

In most American Protestant parishes the old lectionaries are, to be sure, not followed; but to point that out has really nothing to do with the difficulty I want presently to expound.

At its best, the Christian year and lectionary organized the most useful passages around an orderly scheme that enables one to «live through» the life of Christ.

Though the Advent use of that entry text has disappeared from our current lectionaries, it still lingers here and there in our hymnody.

91:1, 4a, 15a, 16 Gospel Lesson: Matthew 15:21 — 28 Lectionary Summary Jacob wrestled with God; he would not let Him go until he received a blessing from Him (Gen. 32:22 — 32).

The church, too, has often stifled the voice of each evangelist, either by disintegrating his Gospel into bite - sized lectionary texts, or by harmonizing the Gospels, melting them together into one variegated lump of Gospel lore.

The Inclusive Language Lectionary seeks «to recast some of the wording of the Revised Standard Version in order to provide to both the reader and hearer a sense of belonging to a Christian faith community in which truly all are one in Christ.»

The lesson was apparently fixed by a carefully devised lectionary system.

I'm especially looking forward to settling back into the rhythm of the blog, with Sunday Superlatives, Lectionary Thursdays, and interviews and guest posts on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Here in North America, scouts and forerunners (like the Inclusive Language Lectionary project) will continue to search out new territory.

Readings for Year A (Links for various lectionary weeks can be found by clicking on the liturgical week description.)

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But that's not what the week's lectionary texts give us.

Reforms in this area have been the most successful, largely because of widespread use of the ecumenical lectionary.

These beliefs are reinforced by parallel texts in the New Testament, including the Advent lectionary readings.

Many congregations have adopted such post-Vatican II reforms as the new lectionary and common calendar, but are left largely untouched by the sacramental reforms.

(Mark 2:1 - 12; An Inclusive Language Lectionary: Readings for Year B, rev. ed.

Lectionary readings tease our minds because of their odd combination of openness and closure.

If the Scripture text seems to say more than one thing, fine, but the lectionary cycles every three years and you'll get another chance later.

To emphasize the scripture you are proclaiming, pick up the lectionary and read from the book.

Pick one thing the lectionary text says to you, or to your congregation as you judge it, and say that.

He knew them well and he used it in the temptation by the devil (last week's lectionary), the very thing we are trying to throw out these days, to our own danger and confusion.