Lectionary 03/03/2024
- Third Sunday of/in Lent - Year B
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Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy Meditation isn’t always easy. Being lost in thought often is. But it does depend on the focus of our thoughts. Bitterness, hatred, loss and grief bring pain and anguish and a mind that sets into a circle of hurt and anger and negati…
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by SPCK - N T Wright
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by SPCK - Jane Williams
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by SPCK - N T Wright
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by SPCK - N T Wright
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by SPCK - James Jones
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by SPCK - N T Wright
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by SPCK - N T Wright
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by SPCK - N T Wright
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by SPCK - John Goldingay
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by SPCK - John Goldingay
Sometimes God Speaks Psalm 12 Before coming to the United States to resume being an ordinary professor, I was principal of a theological college in England, a position that is a cross between being president, provost, and dean of a U.S. seminary, but on a much smaller scale. I ha…
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by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Three ATHENE AND HER OWL: THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS Introduction Perhaps it was the questions Homer raised and never answered: why the vain Olympians should interfere in Agamemnon’s war; or how air, water, earth and fire combine into a kosmos; how we can be ‘free’; what ma…
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by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
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by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
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by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
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by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
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by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
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by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
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by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
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by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
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by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
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by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
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by BRF - Stephen W. Need
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by SPCK - David Adam
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by SPCK - David Adam
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by SPCK - David Adam
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by BRF - John Birch
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by SPCK - David Adam
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by BRF - Stephen W. Need
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by BRF - Stephen W. Need
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by BRF - Stephen W. Need
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by BRF - Stephen W. Need
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by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
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by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
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by Twelvebaskets Ltd
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by Twelvebaskets Ltd
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by Colin Smith
This reflection/commentary is a very personal Psalm attributed to David who seeks to lift our Spirits. It is suitable as a short talk or sermon (1315 words) It strongly emphasises the beauty of the natural world. and Gods faithfulness, God's Laws are also seen as beautiful and s…
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by Colin Smith
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Lectionary Reflection Year C - The First Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The First Sunday of Lent Deuteronomy 26.1–11 Romans 10.8b–13 Luke 4.1–13 Proust’s great theme is that without memory there is no character or understanding. One of the things that is so appealing about his work is that the small memories are at least as significant as the huge …
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 193
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 193
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…
The Wine Jar
The Wine Jar
by Joy Sykes
The wedding at Cana TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by …
The days of Christmas ring and play
The days of Christmas ring and play
by Andrew Pratt
A NEW EPIPHANY HYMN Tune: Gonfalon Way Extract: The days of Christmas ring and play, yet in another time and day wise students of the midnight sky, observed a change and questioned 'why?' These scholars, seekers after truth, brought skill of age, and sight of youth: a supernova g…
The temple was a market
The temple was a market
by Andrew Pratt
The temple was a market with cattle, doves and sheep. Religion forged a profit that earned the traders’ keep. Incensed at such injustice he held a whip of cords, the people scattered quickly, he had no need for words. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DURROW; PASSION CHORALE Metre: 7.6.7.6…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Construction of a Shared Story
The Women's Bible Commentary - Construction of a Shared Story
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Construction of a Shared Story The first of the Moses speeches, Deuteronomy 1:1–4:43, consists of two sections: a “historical review” (Deut. 1–3) and a sermonic interpretation of the commandment against idolatry…
Jesus suffered
Jesus suffered
by Don Stott
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We come to you, Lord Jesus
We come to you, Lord Jesus
by Avis Palmer
We come to you, Lord Jesus With much we need to say. In hope and love and longing, We seek a way to pray. We yearn for understanding For peace in place of fear, Assure of your presence, Show us that you are near. Verses 2-4 follow © Avis Palmer Tune: Aurelia (H&P 515)
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Shadow of the Almighty
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Shadow of the Almighty
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91 I have a vivid memory from when I was a teenager of watching a filmstrip (a prehistoric antecedent of DVDs) that told the story of five young men from the United States who went to a rainforest in Ecuador to seek to bring the gospel of Christ to th…
He taught in puns and riddles
He taught in puns and riddles
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: He taught in puns and riddles Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A John 10: 1-10 He taught in puns and riddles, in pictures wrung from words, of gates and fields and shepherds, of fish and flowers and herds. These parables are potent, ingrained with hope and grace, infused with l…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Third Sunday before Advent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Third Sunday before Advent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Third Sunday Before Advent Jonah 3.1-5, 10 Hebrews 9.24-28 Mark 1.14-20 ‘Once, only once, and once for all.’ The hymn that starts thus withdraws with the left hand some of what it gives with the right, hinting that Christ’s unique sacrifice is still somehow present in the e…
We join the crowd‚ who‚ on this day
We join the crowd‚ who‚ on this day
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
1 We join the crowd‚ who‚ on this day‚ sang praise to Christ along the way; their theme renewed we gladly sing: Hosanna to the Lord‚ our King! 2 Yet‚ when the homage has been paid and all the acclamations fade‚ may we be found with Jesus still beneath his cross on Calv’ry’s h…
The Women's Bible Commentary - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife
The Women's Bible Commentary - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife In the third and final section, chapters 12–14, the prophet takes up the marital metaphor of chapters 1–3 once again. In the first section of the book, the punishment of the wife sparked her repentance and return to he…
Great Christian Thinkers - 20 St. Maximus of Turin
Great Christian Thinkers - 20 St. Maximus of Turin
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Maximus of Turin Between the end of the fourth century and the beginning of the fifth, another Father of the Church made a great contribution to the spread and consolidation of Christianity in northern Italy: St. Maximus, whom we come across in 398— a year after St. Ambrose’s…
Psalm 19 - the glory of |God
Psalm 19 - the glory of |God
by Colin Smith
This reflection/commentary is a very personal Psalm attributed to David who seeks to lift our Spirits. It is suitable as a short talk or sermon (1315 words) It strongly emphasises the beauty of the natural world. and Gods faithfulness, God's Laws are also seen as beautiful and s…
Simply Good News - Getting the Balance Right
Simply Good News - Getting the Balance Right
by SPCK - N T Wright
Getting the Balance Right The good news, then, is good news about the present as well as the past and the future. Despite the secular claim that all real advances in the world are the result of secular modernism, and despite the barrage of hostility launched against the church by…
Colossians 1:11-12
Colossians 1:11-12
by BigBible
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Hymn: The troubles of the age
Hymn: The troubles of the age
by Michael Docker
The troubles of the age, from fear to endless war, As wealth flows to the rich While walls surround the poor, Are by God's power Promised to be Destroyed by He Whose love is sure. The landscapes of the mind, from lower thoughts to high ; From cold indifference to every hurt we cr…
Hymn: The power of three surrounds us
Hymn: The power of three surrounds us
by Michael Docker
The power of three surrounds us; In story, joke and song - The three-legged chair most stable; The three-strand rope most strong; The independent witness Adds weight when two agree; The worlds of science and nature Affirm the power of three - And so we sing the story Of God the T…
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1st Samuel 17: 32-49 Psalm 9: 9-20 2nd Corinthians 6: 1-13 Mark 4: 35-41 When we are faced with apparently insurmountable problems, as Christians we can have full confidence in our God and his saving grace; this is the clear message …
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Third Lesson
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Third Lesson
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Third Lesson (Mark 10: 1-52) Building on the developing theme of a revisioning of power relations and the image of a child, an extended teaching section is presented in chapter 10. Included are three teaching episodes having to do with the household: marriage and divorce, childre…
Seeking, we come in faith
Seeking, we come in faith
by Michael Docker
Seeking, we come in faith, Trusting a greater truth Than anything the world can bring. Minds turned away from fear, Ready to pray and hear; We'll praise and worship, stay and sing. Asking, we come in hope, Needing a clearer scope Than anything the world can show. Hearts opened to…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Wisdom For The Rulers
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Wisdom For The Rulers
by SPCK - N T Wright
5 THE RENEWAL OF THE WORLD WISDOM FOR THE RULERS Ephesians 3: 8-13 There was once a young prince whose distant uncle was king of a great empire. The prince was carefree and happy, neither very rich nor very poor. One day, a great disaster struck. The king, his uncle, was killed i…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Family Wisdom
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Family Wisdom
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Family Wisdom (Prov. 1-9) A prologue announces that the book aims to impart wisdom (1:2–7). Thick with vocabulary essential to that endeavor, the prologue defines wisdom primarily in relational terms. Wisdom requires that everyone, the young and the wise alike, listen to instruct…
The Living God - Discerning wisdom: works of art and the creation
The Living God - Discerning wisdom: works of art and the creation
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Creator of heaven and earth 4 Discerning wisdom: works of art and the creation One of my memories of my time as an undergraduate at Wadham College, Oxford, is admiring the portrait of Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) that adorned the panelled walls of the college’s dining hall. I…
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Prayer: God’s children We are God’s children, led by the Spirit, knowing that we can come to a loving parent with total confidence that we are offered love and care. We are not slaves, held in chains by a cruel owner, but allowed to fly free, guided only by the principles an…
The tale of the slaves
The tale of the slaves
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Drama: The tale of the slaves Proper 19 Year A Matthew 18: 21-35 We knew it was unfair. Totally! And we knew that if we didn’t say anything that he’d get away with it – again! He was always a slave-driver himself. Even though he was bought and sold just as we were. But …
For exiles
For exiles
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For exiles Proper 16 year A Exodus 1: 1.8 – 2.10 (In Egypt, the Israelites were first welcomed and then despised. The world doesn’t seem to have changed much, even after all this time.). Compassionate God, we pray for those who are living in a foreign country, tolerated, …
Hymn: Heirs of Christ and God's own children
Hymn: Heirs of Christ and God's own children
by Andrew Pratt
Heirs of Christ and God's own children, God our parent, yet a friend, Abba, we still pray before you: source of freedom without end. Slaves no longer: liberation, free to serve and free to pray, free to live our lives for justice, Verse 3 follows © Andrew Pratt 14/5/2012 Tune: …
Mother us, father us, parent all nations
Mother us, father us, parent all nations
by Andrew Pratt
Mother us, father us, parent all nations, carefully, lovingly, listen we pray. Knowing our poverty, sharing humanity, sisters and brothers, we follow your way. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STEWARDSHIP Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, ww…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Helping People Get Back on Their Feet
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Helping People Get Back on Their Feet
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Helping People Get Back on Their Feet Deuteronomy 15: 1- 18 According to a legal record from July 6, 1773, James Best, a laborer, “doth voluntarily put himself Servant to Captain Stephen Jones Master of the Snow Sally” (a snow was a kind of sailing ship). Jones would take Best fr…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 16 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 16 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 16 Exodus 1.8—2.10 Romans 12.1–8 Matthew 16.13–20 How do slaves get free? By living the present in the light of the future. The midwives, and Moses’ mother, act out of defiant hope. Moses, destined to lead Israel through the …
To multiply the grace of God
To multiply the grace of God
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: To multiply the grace of God Second Sunday after Pentecost Romans 6: 12 – 23 To multiply the grace of God, it is a great temptation, but love is greater, this should be the source for imitation. Set free to find a better way, a loving way of living, no longer slaves, bu…
Flying through the Sun