It’s the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord! Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn and Kate Olivera as they unpack the first of the ’servant songs’ found in Isaiah— and link it to the creation story in Genesis. Scott talks about Acts 10, the turning point of the New Testament.
Then, he makes some really cool connections about water.
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Reading 1 - Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7
Psalm 29: 1-4, 9-10
Reading 2 - Acts 10: 34-38
Gospel - Luke 3: 15-16, 21-22
Great episode as usual. Two thoughts:
1. You were goofing a bit about two songs, and you were unsure which one was the servant song. Akin to Isaiah, there is more than one servant song. One of those goofy hymns is called "Servant Song," and the other is called "The Servant Song."
2. There is confusion introduced by the lectionary in what Scott calls the liturgical anomaly. The lectionary says that the baptism of the Lord is the first Sunday of ordinary time. This is an error in some editions of the lectionary. The baptism of the Lord is squarely, securely, in the Christmas season. It is the last day of Christmas. The Monday that follows is Monday of the first week of ordinary time. So just like some other feasts after pentecost, you have a week of ordinary time but the Sunday is not designated by its number.
I’d say just bring back the Epiphany Octave