John the Baptist (Page 2)

Bread for the Journey, Wednesday in the Eighteenth Week after Pentecost

On: October 7, 2020

Tagged: healing, Jesus the healer, John the Baptist, Magnificat, messiah

From the Daily Lectionary for Wednesday in the Eighteenth Week after Pentecost Luke 7:18-35 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we toRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Tuesday in the Sixteenth Week after Pentecost

On: September 22, 2020

Tagged: baptism of Jesus, gospel of Luke, Israel, John the Baptist, love, prophecy, transforming grace

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Sixteenth Week after Pentecost Luke 3:15-22As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who isRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Monday in the Sixteenth Week after Pentecost

On: September 21, 2020

Tagged: empire, gospel of Luke, Isaiah, John the Baptist, opposition

From the Daily Lectionary for Monday in the Sixteenth Week after Pentecost Luke 3:1-14 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler ofRead More →

John the Baptist (Page 2)

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