Ecumenical – 34th Sunday (C)
Commentary on Sunday readings from a variety of popular ecumenical websites.
Commentary on Sunday readings from a variety of popular ecumenical websites.
Proper 29C (OT34)
By Debie Thomas. — 2019
Proper 29C (OT34)
This week, the Church celebrates “Christ the King” or “Reign of Christ” Sunday. It’s a hinge week between the liturgical seasons of Ordinary Time and Advent, when we pause to reflect on the meaning of Christ’s kingship before we delve into the mysteries of light and darkness, hope and lament, prophecy and Incarnation.
Given the pomp and circumstance we typically associate with kings, we might turn to the lectionary this week, expecting to find passages that sound, well, kingly. Something glorious from the Book of Revelation, perhaps, about Jesus sitting on his throne, decked out in splendid robes and a jeweled crown. Or something majestic from Isaiah: “A son will be given to us, and the government will rest upon his shoulders.” Or at least a shiny moment from one of the Gospels: Jesus transfigured on the mountaintop. Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Jesus emerging from the waters of baptism, heaven thundering in his ears.
Proper 29C (OT34)
By Bruce Epperly — 2013
At first glance, there is something anachronistic about claiming Christological superiority in a postmodern age of seekers, multiple faiths, and self-described spiritual but not religious persons. Need universality lead to imperialism? Can we claim universality in terms of God’s presence in the ministry and mission Jesus of Nazareth in a world of multiple truth claims? Can the universal be balanced by the particularity of our own faith perspective?
Proper 29C (OT34)
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