"They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces."

[hermionesviolin]

So, I'm listening to last Tuesday's World Religions lecture online 'cause I was so sleepy when I was sitting in class, and I keep auto-inclusivizing. Possibly relatedly, the prof is talking about John Dominic Crossan's idea of Jesus as "a peasant Jewish cynic whose main interest was in healing people and getting them to eat together" and the Gospel of Mark, and when he says Kingdom of Heaven it reminds me of how at Rest and Bread last week, when I served Laura Ruth I couldn't remember whether "Bread of Heaven" or "Bread of Life" was what we say at Rest and Bread. Any of you have preferences (or other thoughts)?

[Addendum, for my reference: unrelated Communion conversation]

Comments

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

That's the exact liturgy from last Sunday. Is your church on the same liturgical schedule as Catholic Church?

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Technically my Subject Line quotes from Mark since that's the Gospel the prof was working from, but yes, the Revised Common Lectionary* has The Feeding of the Five Thousand, Gospel of John version, for The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (which was last Sunday) (http://www.textweek.com/yearb/properb12.htm).

* "The Revised Common Lectionary is used in its original or an adapted form by a number of churches around the world. The Ordo Lectionum Missae, on which it is based, is used in the Roman Catholic Church in local translations as the standard lectionary. A number of Protestant churches have also adopted (and sometimes adapted) the RCL. In the United States of America this includes the Disciples of Christ, the Christian Fellowship of the Unitarian Universalist Association, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, the Presbyterian Church USA, the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, the Community of Christ, and the American Baptist Churches, USA, among others." -Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Common_Lectionary#Denominational_practices)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

This I did not know. Thank you!

I guess I'm just used to low church where there isn't any scheduled liturgy, just whatever the preacher wants to talk about.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is what I grew up with as well. If I knew about lectionary, I'm sure I assumed it was just a Catholic thing. I've come to be a big fan of lectionary, though. It forces you to deal with more than just the stuff that you like and which is easy for you. Plus you get these nice arcs -- like the healing stories in Mark this Lent, or the current arc of David and the Temple. Though I wish we covered more of the Bible in the lectionary; a 3-year cycle seems insufficient to me.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

There is something really cool about knowing that lots of other people are reading and talking about the same passages that you are at the same time.