Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 12, Year C (track one)
First Reading Hosea 1:2–10 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.” So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 11, Year C (track one)
First Reading Amos 8:1–12 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them. […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 9, Year C (track one)
First Reading 2 Kings 5:1–14 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. Now the Syrians on one of their […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 8, Year C (track 1)
First Reading 2 Kings 2:1–2, 6-14 (Omitted verses have been included in this and the next text in italics.) Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has […]
