Proper 9 Year B
Taken from Lectionary Reflections - Year B
Description
Proper 9
Ezekiel 2:1-5
2 Corinthians 12: 2-10
Mark 6: 1-13
‘This passage of 2 Corinthians has caused enormous speculation down the ages. It is tantalisingly full of hints about Paul, which may have made sense to his readers but which we can only fill out with hyperactive imaginings, which can never be proved or disproved. It seems pretty certain that Paul is talking about his own spiritual experience in the first half of chapter 12. The convoluted language and the use of the third person shows how reluctant he is to do so, but he is driven to it by the theological point he has to make. For some people, this kind of mystical experience is a ‘natural’ result of meeting with God. It clearly was for Paul, as his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus shows...
Taken from Lectionary Reflections – Year B by Jane Williams