Category Archives: Year B

COCU12B.Epiphany4B

Posted on January 21, 2018 by admin

This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Epiphany – a season in which we reflect upon and rejoice about the ways in which Christ is revealed to us. Readings Deuteronomy 18:15-20: Moses promises that God will raise up a prophet for … Continue reading →

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COCU6B.Christmas 1B

Posted on December 21, 2017 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. Readings: Isaiah 61: 10-62:3 (the good news of deliverance) God will show all nations God’s justice, and Zion will be saved and will blaze with God’s glory. Psalm … Continue reading →

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COCU5B.ChristmasEve

Posted on December 21, 2017 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. Readings Isaiah 9:2-7 God offers a sign of God’s grace and protection to the King and people of Judah – in the darkness light shines, and the birth … Continue reading →

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COCU4B.Advent 4B

Posted on December 20, 2017 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. Readings 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 God, through the prophet Nathan, declares God’s promise to David that he will establish his kingdom forever, will give him peace from … Continue reading →

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COCU3B.Advent 3B

Posted on December 3, 2017 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. Readings Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11 God’s Spirit is on God’s servant to proclaim freedom, healing and liberation. God’s loves justice, and God’s servant is filled with joy, like … Continue reading →

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COCU5B.ChristmasDawn

Posted on November 25, 2017 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. Readings Isaiah 62:6-12: Psalm 97: Titus 3:4-7: Luke 2: (1-7), 8-20:

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COCU43B Pentecost 3B.14th June 2015

Posted on June 11, 2015 by admin

Reading: Mark 4:26-34 Mark’s Gospel relates two parables that use seeds as the metaphor for God’s Reign. In both readings the message is clear: God often uses the least, the smallest, the hidden, to accomplish God’s purposes. God’s work is … Continue reading →

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Psalm 23

Posted on December 30, 2013 by admin

YOU ARE MY SHEPHERD, I am contentYou lead me to rest in the sweet grassesTo lie down by the quiet watersAnd I am refreshedYou lead me down the right pathThe path that unwinds in the pattern of your nameAnd even … Continue reading →

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Proper 28B Ordinary 33B Pentecost 25B

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin

Great insights here from Rev Andrew Prior (Adelaide, South Australia) on the Gospel reading from Mark 13. Collect God who tumbles all stones, stones we use for walls that bar, help us to see in the rubble around our lives … Continue reading →

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Proper 27B Ordinary 32B Pentecost +24 (Nov 11, 2012)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by admin

A thoughtful link between Ruth and Naomi, and the widow’s offering – perhaps a link that could be woven into reflections on the offering we make. (Thanks, Thom Shuman!) Thom writes: I love the book of Ruth.  It is shuch … Continue reading →

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