Lectionary 21/07/2024
- Proper 11 (16) - Year B
Lectionary Readings
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Mark for Everyone - The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Mark for Everyone - The Feeding of the Five Thousand
by SPCK - Tom Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 6.30–44 The Feeding of the Five Thousand... ...Some break. Just when we think Jesus is anticipating modern therapeutic ideals – taking a good rest after a combination of an exhausting piece of work and sudden bad news – it all goes horribly wrong. The short…
Mark for Everyone - Jesus Walks on Water
Mark for Everyone - Jesus Walks on Water
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 6.45–56 Jesus Walks on Water... ...I listened last night to an organ recital, given by one of the world’s leading organists on a truly great instrument. Bach, Reger, Bruckner – wonderful composers, wonderful music, a magical evening. But there was one piece…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 11 Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 11 Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 11 2 Samuel 7.1-14a Ephesians 2.11-22 Mark 6.30-34, 53-56 Read 2 Samuel 7 through the eyes of a second-Temple Jew, and watch New Testament theology come into focus. This passage, read messianically at Qumran and elsewhere, fuses together four things. God promises David a p…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 11 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 11 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 11 Mark 6.30–34, 53–56 Gaze at the crush as people lean forward and grab the cloak that wraps around the shoulders of one extraordinary man. They stretch out to touch it, they push and shove to get near the front, to stroke his tunic and finger the hem. It is almost as if …
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 11 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 11 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 11 Jeremiah 23: 1-6 Ephesians-2: 11-22 Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 In today’s reading from Mark’s Gospel, we get a strong sense of the enormous pressure Jesus and the disciples were under at this point in his ministry. Jesus is at the height of his popularity and although his con…
Hymn: He felt exhausted, worn and drained
Hymn: He felt exhausted, worn and drained
by Andrew Pratt
He felt exhausted, worn and drained, his muscles and his mind were taut. He needed solitude and rest from pressures that his care had brought. He needed time to set aside the burdens that he chose to hold. To find again God's peace and grace, to warm a heart that might grow cold.…
Hymn: There was no respite from the crowds
Hymn: There was no respite from the crowds
by Andrew Pratt
There was no respite from the crowds, no place of calm retreat, no place of rest or solitude where he and friends could meet. They sought the healing of his hands, the calm within his voice, his challenge or his empathy gave reason to rejoice. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: ABRIDGE; BEL…
Prayer: Respite
Prayer: Respite
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Respite Wherever Jesus went the crowds followed him. Even when he tried to escape for peace and rest, they were there waiting for him, needing him, looking for comfort and healing. So we pray today for all those who are caught in that same trap. We pray for those who are …
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd Samuel 7: 1-14a Psalm 89: 20-37 Ephesians 2: 11-22 Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 God’s purpose is, and always has been, for human beings to be united in his worship, brought into common fellowship with him. In establishing David as Kin…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 11 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 11 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 11 God of peace, whose Son Jesus Christ returned from the dead to become the great Shepherd of your sheep, guide us into the way of peace and mercy, equip us to do everything that is good and build us up to be a holy dwelling-place for you our God; Through the same Christ,…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 11 (16) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 11 (16) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Seventh after Trinity Proper 11 (16) - Year B Service contents: Hymn: Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord or At times when your energy meets with the moment Prayer: God of mercy and grace Psalm 89:20-37 Poem: David’s line Hymn: One more step along the world I go or Our G…
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