Month: February 2020

Readings for February 26, 2020: Ash Wednesday

Readings for Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020:

• Joel 2:1-19
• Isaiah 58:1-12 (Alternative)
• Psalm 51:1-17
• 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10
• Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Afterward, we’ll briefly discuss the meaning of ashes on Ash Wednesday as well the practice of public and private spiritual disciplines.

Readings for February 23, 2020: Transfiguration Sunday …or… The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

For many Protestant churches, this is Transfiguration Sunday.  For the Roman Catholic Church, this is the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany. So we have two sets of readings by way of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Transfiguration Sunday

• Exodus 24:12-18
• Psalm 2
• (Alternate Psalm 99)
• 2 Peter 1:16-21
• Matthew 17:1-9

Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

• Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
• Psalm 119:33-40
• 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23
• Matthew 5:38-48

Readings for February 16, 2020: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

Readings for February 16, 2020: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

• Deuteronomy 30:15-20
• or Sirach 15:15-20
• Psalm 119:1-8
• 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
• Matthew 5:21-37

Plus What is the Book of Sirach?

Readings for February 9, 2020: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

• Isaiah 58:1-12
• Psalm 112:1-10
• 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
• Matthew 5:13-20

Plus a mini-biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Readings for February 2, 2020 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Readings for Sunday February, 2, 2020:

• Micah 6:1-8
• Psalm 15
• 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
• Matthew 5:1-12