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The lessons we read each Sunday morning are part of a three-year cycle which begins with the First Sunday of Advent … usually the Sunday after Thanksgiving. This is called the Revised Common Lectionary and is used by a vast number of Christian denominations. These lessons were chosen by a committee of folks … mostly scholars. In year A … the one we have been reading from since last December … we predominately hear from Matthew’s gospel. In year B it is Mark’s gospel. And in year C it is Luke’s gospel. Readings from the Gospel of John are thrown in the mix … always the Sunday after Christmas … and also in the Church’s liturgical season of Easter.
Interestingly, to fill an institutional need, every mid-October we hear some story from the gospels that includes something about money … the widow’s mite … where your treasure is so will your heart be also … render unto Caesar. Why is that? It is so the preacher can have an excuse to talk about the Fall Stewardship Campaign seeking pledges of financial support for the coming year. How clever of that committee of New Testament scholars.
Interestingly, to fill an institutional need, every mid-October we hear some story from the gospels that includes something about money … the widow’s mite … where your treasure is so will your heart be also … render unto Caesar. Why is that? It is so the preacher can have an excuse to talk about the Fall Stewardship Campaign seeking pledges of financial support for the coming year. How clever of that committee of New Testament scholars.
20 Pentecost
October 22, 2017
In the name of the God of all Creation,
The God alive in each of us as God was alive in Jesus,
And the power of God known in the Spirit.
Amen.
October 22, 2017
In the name of the God of all Creation,
The God alive in each of us as God was alive in Jesus,
And the power of God known in the Spirit.
Amen.
