Lectionary 23/02/2025
- Seventh Sunday after Epiphany - Year C
Lectionary Readings
Luke 6:27-38
Luke for Everyone - Loving Your Enemies
Luke for Everyone - Loving Your Enemies
by SPCK - N T Wright
Loving Your Enemies Luke 6.27-38 One of the greatest Jewish scholars to write about Jesus in the modern age was David Flusser, who taught for many years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. But not everyone approved of his scholarship; and one of his most brilliant students, vi…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Proper 3 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Proper 3 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 3 Luke 6.27-38 Gaze on a traffic jam and imagine yourself behind the wheel, smelling the fumes of the cars all around, and hearing the bass beat of a loud radio. You’re on the main road into town, but there’s a side road that joins in at such an angle that the traffic from…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 3 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 3 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 3 Genesis 45.3–11, 15 1 Corinthians 15.35–38, 42–50 Luke 6.27–38 The resurrection is central to Christianity, not just as a dogma but as a driving principle. Unfortunately, Paul’s writing in this, the earliest discussion of it, is dense and difficult, and some of the regul…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 3 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 3 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 3 Genesis 45.3–11, 15 1 Corinthians 15.35–8 Luke 6.27–38 These verses in Luke mark a shift in tone from the preceding verses. The ‘blessings and woes’ section that comes immediately before this passage is about what is ‘now’, it is about results. But now Jesus moves from t…
glimpses of glory - Proper 3 - Year C
glimpses of glory - Proper 3 - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 3 God of grace and glory, give us the gift of generosity, that we may reveal your love and forgiveness, and live in fellowship and peace with each other as we work for the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy …
The Act of Prayer Year C - Proper 3 - Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Proper 3 - Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Proper 3 Year C Opening prayer God of yesterday, today and for ever, we thank you for your loving care, protection and strength. As Joseph, once abandoned into slavery, was able with confidence to state that every part of his life was lived according to your will, so we ask that …
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