Tag: Lent 3C (RCL)

I have observed the misery

Third Sunday in Lent; 20 March 2022; Lent 3C (RCL); Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9.

I have always been puzzled (and remain so) by the first verses of this Gospel reading. The commentators point out the assumed connection between catastrophe and sin: sin brings down God’s judgment in the form of disaster. So, read the other way, disaster must imply God’s judgment; ergo a person must have sinned.

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Unless you repent

24 March 2019
Third Sunday in Lent
Lent 3C (RCL)
Exodus 3:1-15
Psalm 63:1-8
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9

We have an odd collection of readings this Sunday. In the Revised Common Lectionary, the Old Testament lessons are not chosen specifically to complement the Gospel: instead, we read “in course” through some of the great moments in salvation history. The revelation of the divine name is one of those moments. Continue reading “Unless you repent”