Tag: Lent 5C (RCL)

Fifth Sunday in Lent; 3 April 2022; Lent 5C (RCL); Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8.

Deuteronomy 15:11 reads “Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.'” Origen (I think) took this to mean that the wealthy held their wealth in trust for the poor, who provided for the rich the opportunity of redemption.

Continue reading “Honor”

7 April 2019
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Lent 5C (RCL)
Isaiah 43:16-21
Psalm 126
Philippians 3:4b-14
John 12:1-8

In one way or another, all of these readings have to do with something new emerging. The Isaiah passage ironically recalls God opening a way through the Red Sea, and then calls on the people not to remember this anymore, because something new is about to happen. This time God will open a way through the desert, and water the dry places. Psalm 126 also seems to refer to the return from Exile. Continue reading “A new thing”