The Second Sunday Before Advent Year B

The Second Sunday Before Advent

Daniel 12.1-3
Hebrews 10.11-14 [15-18] 19-25
Mark 13.1-8

The lady in the icon shop may not have understood my English, let alone my Greek. Did she have an icon of Jesus’ resurrection? Yes, she said, pointing at the wall behind her head. There it was, in sequence, preceded by Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, and Calvary, and followed by Ascension and Pentecost.

‘But it isn’t Jesus’ resurrection,’ I said; ‘that’s Jesus raising Adam and Eve at the general resurrection. Haven’t you got one of Jesus’ own resurrection?’...

Taken from Twelve Months of Sundays Year B by N T Wright