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Bread for the Journey, Friday and Saturday in the Second Week in Lent

On: March 5, 2021

From the Daily Lectionary for Friday in the Second Week of Lent John 5:30-4720 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. “If IRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Thursday in the Second Week in Lent

On: March 4, 2021

Tagged: gospel of John, jesus, love, sent as he is sent

From the Daily Lectionary for Thursday in the Second Week of Lent John 5:19-29 Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves theRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Wednesday in the second week in Lent

On: March 3, 2021

Tagged: gospel of John, Jesus the healer, sabbath

From the Daily Lectionary for Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent John 5:1-18 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind,Read More →

Bread for the Journey, Tuesday in the second week in Lent

On: March 2, 2021

Tagged: gospel of John, Jesus the healer, signs, transformation

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent John 4:43-54 When the two days were over, he went from that place to Galilee (for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet’s own country). When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him,Read More →

Bread for the Journey, Monday in the Second Week in Lent

On: March 1, 2021

Tagged: gospel of John, jesus, living water, messiah, Samaritan woman

From the Daily Lectionary for Monday in the Second Week of Lent John 4:27-42 Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water-jar andRead More →

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