When Two Screens Just Aren’t Enough

The following audio introduction comes from a previously podcast series on 1 Corinthians.  It will serve as introductory notes for the various comments I will make on passages from 1 Corinthians.  I think it is very important to consider the structure of the letter in understanding these passages.  The first epistle to the Corinthians is…

21st Sunday after Pentecost Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15  or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31

22nd Sunday after Pentecost; October 19 Job 38:1-7, (34-41) and Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c             Or Isaiah 53:4-12 and Psalm 91:9-16 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45

It’s not surprising that, as I read the passages for Advent 1B, [corrected from 1A-What can I have been thinking?] I got the sense of expectation, and even just a bit (or more) of impatience.  We have the prayer for God’s intervention and protection in Psalm 80, the cry for God to rend the heavens…

23rd Sunday after Pentecost, October 26   Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)             Or Jeremiah 31:7-9 and Psalm 126 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52