Lectionary 02/02/2025
- Fourth Sunday of Epiphany/Ordinary 4 - Year C
Lectionary Readings
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 16 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 16 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 16 Jeremiah 1.4–10 Hebrews 12.18–end Luke 13.10–17 Moses said he wasn’t a speaker. Isaiah said his lips were tainted. Ezekiel fell on his face. And Jeremiah says he’s too young. One might, perhaps, be a trifle suspicious if God’s call to prophecy met with too ready a respo…
There is no disability
There is no disability
by Andrew Pratt
There is no disability of age, nor yet of youth, removes responsibility to utter God's own truth. And Jeremiah made excuse, yet still was called to speak, to prophesy a nation's fate, the judgment God would wreak. Verse 3 follows Tune: ABRIDGE; CONSOLATION (Beethoven) Metre: CM …
Poem: Call to speaking
Poem: Call to speaking
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Call to speaking God speaks and calls to speaking those who have the right potential, or the yet-unknown ability, to answer to the call. Confident or feeling hopeless, ordinary or unusual, any age will be accepted, inclusivity, the norm. For God knows why each is chosen, as…
Poem/Reflection: The Call
Poem/Reflection: The Call
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: The Call God calls all ages, all types of people and when that call comes it is not always easy to answer. Why me? What have I got to offer? I can’t speak, sing, work or pray in the way I’m being challenged to. I’m not good enough. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Anyone here in this small/great congregation
Anyone here in this small/great congregation
by Andrew Pratt
Anyone here in this small/great congregation seeing injustice might challenge or fight; stand against poverty, work for inclusion of those derided, excluded by spite. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: IN THE BEGINNING GOD PLAYED WITH THE PLANETS or STEWARDSHIP Metre: 11 10 11 10 Dactylic …
52 Reflections on Faith - Seeing God: a way of life
52 Reflections on Faith - Seeing God: a way of life
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Seeing God: a way of life Where do you ‘see God’? Where do you experience God? Where is God most real to you? There are probably particular times in your life when you sense God’s presence more than you normally do—special places where you feel close to God. You might have had a …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth in Ordinary Time - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourth in Ordinary Time Year C Service contains: Hymn: O love of God, how strong and true or Safe in God who always held us Reading: Psalm 71:1–6 Responsive prayer: God is our refuge Hymn: A charge to keep I have or There is no disability Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Poem: Call to sp…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 101 31/01/16
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 101 31/01/16
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Jeremiah for everyone - More a Summons than a Vocation
Jeremiah for everyone - More a Summons than a Vocation
by SPCK - John Goldingay
More a Summons than a Vocation Last week I took part in a conference on God, the church, and disability. One participant was a woman who has been ordained a priest, but she has a speech impediment that makes it hard to understand what she says, and she has had difficulty finding …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 16 (21) - Year C