ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
24 Pentecost (Proper 26) Year B, Nov. 3, 2024
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Moses teaches the people that faithfulness to the Lord’s command- ments...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
24 Pentecost (Proper 26) Year B, Nov. 3, 2024
Ruth 1:1-18
Ruth, a Moabite woman, accompanies her mother-in-law Naomi to live in...
“It may be said that the clergy and laity are definitely opposed to any blurring of the distinction between the ordained ministry and the general ‘priesthood of the laity.’”
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024
Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10, 13-14
Solomon praises his ancestors who enriched the eras in which they lived, whether...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024
Wisdom 3:1-9
Even amid bleak circumstances, God’s people rest in his care, both in this life...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024
Isaiah 59: (1-4 optional) 9-19
The prophet tells of God’s rising wrath against...
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024
Job 42:1-6, 10-17
Job responds to God’s rebuke with the same loyalty that...
From Exposition of the Creed VII, 292-293, 298 (1659)
That the Messiah was to come again, was not only certainly but copiously foretold: the Scriptures...
