Meditations from Lectionary of Book of Common Prayer

John 1:1-18 Our Gospel reading this week begins at the start of John’s Gospel. The Apostle John doesn’t begin his Gospel with stories of t...

Galatians 4:4-7 Waiting.  That is something most of us don’t like to do, especially in this day and age when everything is designed to be ...

Psalm 147 Our psalm today, to start out the New Year, is fittingly one of praise and worship to the Lord.  The unknown author of this psal...

Isaiah 61:10 - 62:3 Do you enjoy getting new clothes, perhaps a brand new suit or nice dress?  It would be especially nice if someone invi...

Titus 3:3-7 This week our New Testament reading brings us to the Epistle, or letter, that the Apostle Paul wrote to Titus.  Titus was a Ge...

Psalm 97 Lightning, storm clouds, fire, earthquakes.  These are occurrences in nature that often frighten people, which is understandable,...

Isaiah 9:1-7 Our Old Testament reading from the Christmas Lectionary takes a passage from the Prophet Isaiah that should be familiar to th...