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From the Daily Lectionary Friday/Saturday, August 28/29, Proper 16 Job 9:1; 10:1-9, 16-22 (The New Jerusalem Bible translation) Job spoke next. He said: “Since I have lost all taste for life, I shall give free rein to my complaining; I shall let my embittered soul speak out. I shall sayRead More →

From the Daily Lectionary for Thursday in the Twelfth Week after Pentecost John 7:14-36 About the middle of the festival Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach. The Jews were astonished at it, saying, “How does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?”Read More →

Since we have hung the “Black Lives Matter” banner on the front doors of All Saints, and posted a picture of it on social media, there has been a huge and continuous response. Maybe it’s because my friends on Facebook are predominantly, predictably… algorithmically of like mind as me, butRead More →

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Twelfth Week after Pentecost John 6:60-71 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? ThenRead More →

From the Daily Lectionary for Monday in the Twelfth Week after Pentecost John 6:41-59 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother weRead More →