Sunday Readings in Context
This Sunday’s Readings in Context
Parishioner Tom O’Brien, a Canon and Examining Chaplain for Scripture of this diocese, writes brief background descriptions of the Sunday readings.
We thank Tom for sharing his learning and love of Scripture with us in this way.
Sunday’s Reading for February 14, 2021
Lesson: 2 Kings 2:1-12 Reading 1 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives,...
Sunday’s Reading for February 7, 2021
Lesson: Isaiah 40:21-31 Reading 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning?Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like...
Sunday’s Reading for January 31, 2021
Lesson: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Reading 15 Moses said: The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet. 16 This is what you requested of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you...
Sunday’s Reading for January 24, 2021
Lesson: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now...
Sunday’s Reading for January 17, 2021
Lesson: 1 Samuel 3:1-20 Reading 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in...
Sunday’s Reading for January 10, 2021
Lesson: Genesis 1:1-5 Reading 1 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and...
Sunday’s Reading for January 3, 2021
Lesson: Jeremiah 31:7-14 Reading 7 Thus says the LORD: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, "Save, O LORD, your people, the remnant of Israel."8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of...
Sunday’s Reading for December 27, 2020
Lesson: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Reading 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as...
Readings for December 25, 2020
Lesson: Isaiah 62:6-12 Reading 6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest,7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it renowned throughout the...