Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost; 29 August 2021; Proper 17B (RCL); Song of Solomon 2:8-13; Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23.
We’re following Track 1, the semi-continuous track. Today’s Old Testament reading takes a big leap from last Sunday’s — hardly semi-continuous. I suspect the lectionary places it here because of its purported authorship by King Solomon — we’ve just heard of his dedication of the Temple. But, we take the jump from historical account to love poetry. Whew!
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