Tag: darkness

Annotated Scripture Passages 

March 12, 2023February 18, 2023

Matthew 25:14-30

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“as for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth”
Narrative Lectionary 134
March 19, 2023

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March 12, 2023February 19, 2023

John 11

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“our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him”

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March 12, 2023February 23, 2023

John 12

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“they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him”

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

March 5, 2023February 8, 2023

John 6

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“when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea”

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

March 5, 2023February 11, 2023

John 8

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“they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple”

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February 26, 2023March 20, 2023

John 3:1-17

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“just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up”
Second Sunday in Lent A
March 5, 2023

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February 26, 2023January 27, 2023

John 3

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“just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up”

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February 19, 2023January 24, 2023

John 1

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“in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”

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February 16, 2023February 23, 2023

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, 21-22

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“return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning”
Ash Wednesday ABC
Ash Wednesday – A Women’s Lectionary
February 22, 2023

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February 16, 2023January 20, 2023

Isaiah 58:1-12

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“…to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke”
Ash Wednesday ABC
February 22, 2023

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