Lectionary 29/06/2025
- Proper 8 /Ordinary 13 -Year C
Lectionary Readings
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Law and the Spirit
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Law and the Spirit
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Law and the Spirit Galatians 5.13-21 In the middle of Oxford University there stands a wonderful building, surrounded by well-kept grass. The building is a library, circular in shape, topped by a great dome. It is beautiful inside and out. People photograph it, paint it, admi…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 8 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 8 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 8 1 Kings 19.5–16, 19–21 Galatians 5.1, 13–25 Luke 9.51–62 St Teresa of Avila spent many years travelling on God’s business, founding and reforming convents. Journeys were both unsafe and uncomfortable in those days, but she was never daunted. But one day, when she was nea…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 8 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 8 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 8 2 Kings 2.1–14 Galatians 5.1, 13–25 Luke 9.51–end ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead.’ One of Jesus’ starkest commands, this flies in the face of the sacred Jewish obligation to attend to the burial of one’s father ahead of all other duties, even saying one’s daily praye…
LWPT Meditations - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 2nd Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 It is not often that we consider the “hard sayings” of Christ, but in our gospel reading we come face to face with some of the harshest words that Jesus spok…
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit If people looking for the evidence of our faith turn to the church today, what do they see? Is there a danger that they will find indifference, when they need love: moaning and complaining, when they need joy: bickering and back-biting, when …
God's way is just the way of love
God's way is just the way of love
by Andrew Pratt
God's way is just the way of love, the way that we should tread, to follow in the way of Christ, the way the Spirit led. It seems to be a simple task set out upon the page: to love our neighbours as ourselves, this runs from age to age. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: WILTSHIRE; RICHMOND…
glimpses of glory - Proper 8 - Year C
glimpses of glory - Proper 8 - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 8 Spirit of the living God, come fill us, That we may live in joy and peace, And that our lives may show the gifts of patience, kindness and generosity; That we may live in faithfulness, gentleness and self-control through your power working within us…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 8 (13) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 8 (13) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 8 (13) - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Through the love of God our Saviour or Throw off the blanket of the night Prayer: God, our refuge Reading: Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Poem: Meditation - When despair wrenches the soul… Hymn: Father, hear the prayer we offer or Listening God…
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