Divergence on the Lectionary – Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Reading Exodus 34:29–35 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Reading Genesis 45:3-11, 15 (omitted verses in italics) And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Lesson Jeremiah 17:5–10 Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Lesson Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13] In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Reading Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 (Omitted verses in italics) And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel. So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Reading Isaiah 62:1–5 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – First Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
First Reading Isaiah 43:1–7 But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
First Reading Micah 6:1–8 Hear what the LORD says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel. “O my […]
