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Circle of Days provides summaries of the Revised Common Lectionary readings for the Sundays and Holy Days of the Church Year.
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Proper 21-AThe priority of God’s coming Kingdom and the possibility of our participating in the coming Kingdom is, properly understood, the meaning of grace.—Wolfhart Pannenbaerg.The Gospel readings for the next three Sundays include a series of parables on judgment that Jesus told as he encountered increasing opposition from the religious authorities following his arrival in Jerusalem. The passage for today revolves around issues of authority and who does the will of God. Once again Jesus chall
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Proper 20-AUpon entering the world of parables, you find yourself in “Alice in Wonderland” country, where things get “curiouser and curiouser” as Alice put it.—Donald S. Armentrout.The rules of the Kingdom of God are not exactly what we might suppose: The radical nature of mercy and grace in God’s Kingdom is illustrated in the paradoxical parable of the workers in the vineyard.Jesus told this parable (found only in Matthew) to the disciples following his conversation with a rich young man who wa
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Proper 19-AWhen you allow your enemy to stop being your enemy, all the rules change. Nobody knows how to act anymore, because forgiveness is an act of transformation.—Barbara Brown Taylor.The Gospel passage concludes Matthew’s fourth discourse on life in the community of faith (18:1-35). Here Jesus’ radical pronouncement that there is to be no limit on forgiveness towards those who sin against us is reinforced by the parable of the unforgiving servant, which illustrates that those who have been
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Proper 18-AOur life together is the chief means God has chosen for being with us, and it is of ultimate importance to God. Our life together is the place where we are confronted, tested, and redeemed by God through one another. It is the place where we come to know God or to flee from God’s presence, depending upon how we come to know or flee from one another.—Barbara Brown Taylor.Chapter 18 of Matthew’s Gospel comprises the fourth discourse of Jesus, sometimes referred to as the “community disc
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Proper 17-AThere will always be many who love Christ’s heavenly kingdom, but few who will bear his cross.—Thomas a Kempis.Peter’s confession that Jesus is “the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Mt. 16:16), marked a major turning point in the ministry of Jesus as he set his face toward Jerusalem and began to teach his disciples what Messiahship, as well as discipleship, truly meant. But immediately after Peter’s declaration, Jesus stunned the disciples with the revelation of the suffering and
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