Lectionary 25/09/2022
- Proper 21 /Ordinary 26 - Year C
Lectionary Readings
Luke 16:19-31
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16.19-31 We have all seen him. He lies on a pile of newspapers outside a shop doorway, covered with a rough blanket. Perhaps he has a dog with him for safety. People walk past him, or even step over him. He occasionally rattles a few c…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 21 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 21 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 21 Amos 6.1a, 4–7 1 Timothy 6.6–19 Luke 16.19–31 The people who know about these things generally seem to agree that the Pastoral Letters (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus) were not written by the apostle Paul, at least as they now stand. They have all kinds of good reasons for s…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 21 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 21 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 21 Jeremiah 32.1–15 1 Timothy 6.6–19 Luke 16.19–end Among the many symbolic actions Jeremiah was commanded to perform, this one stands out as a sign, not of judgement, but of hope: hope for God’s restoration the other side of judgement. Resurrection hope, if you like. He i…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 1st Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Opinion is divided regarding the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Is it an account of heaven and hell? Or is it a lesson about wealth and poverty? Its context within Luke’s gospe…
Making Do - The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Making Do - The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
by Clare Truman
A short sketch exploring the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Suitable for All Age Worship. Making Do: The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16 – 19-31 Year C – Proper 21 The rich man sits at a table eating bread and doughnuts and sweets. Lazarus sits in front of the t…
Cooling streams and fiery depths
Cooling streams and fiery depths
by Andrew Pratt
Cooling streams and fiery depths, heaven and hell shall beckon, those who have, have much to lose, all have much to reckon. Verses 2-3 follow Metre: 7 6 7 6 Tune: MELLING Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 7/9/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please i…
Drama/dialogue: Poor beggar
Drama/dialogue: Poor beggar
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/dialogue: Poor beggar (Could be performed by two, or more, voices, or told in story form) “One more beggar,” said the devout ones who passed on the way to synagogue and threw the obligatory coin. “Poor beggar,” said those who knew how hard it was to live with little, as the…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 21 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 21 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 21 Luke 16: 19-31 Gaze on an icy landscape. The glacier is solid, twenty, forty, sixty feet (six, twelve or eighteen metres) deep, and so white it is somehow blue. But a chasm has opened up, wider than a person’s leap. Look down into the freezing darkness. Gaze on a gorge …
Five
Five
by Rose humphrey
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Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 135
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 135
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…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3b Jesus as a landless prophet and the situation of Palestine today