Proper 3 Year A
Taken from Lectionary Reflections Year A
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Proper 3 - Year A
Leviticus 19.1–2, 9–18
1 Corinthians 3.10–11, 16–23
Matthew 5.38–48
The passages from Leviticus and Matthew today are linked by the idea that our lives together as a community are designed to reflect our God. Matthew says we are to be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect, and Leviticus says we must be holy, because God is holy. These sayings are not abstract,
but belong in the context of practical advice about how we are to do this job of showing the world what our God is like. But, all the same, they are frightening in the...
Taken from Lectionary reflections – Year A by Jane Williams
Published by SPCK