Common Worship Lectionary

A Scripture Commentary (Year A)

Leslie Houlden,Austin Farrer, Leslie Houlden

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9780281090808
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

Since the Common Worship Lectionary first came into use, many short preaching aids have been published. They have ranged from brief notes to almost complete sermons.

This new companion offers an understanding of some points of significance in each lection for every Sunday and for other major days. It combines the latest scholarship with the conviction that the text should address today's world, squarely facing up to the difficulties that some passages may present to modern congregations. It does not aim to provide a substitute for sermon preparation, but to stimulate reflection among those engaged in this work.

This is a serious academic commentary on the readings, by scholars who are also aware of the demands and purposes of preaching. The book provides the academic background knowledge essential for interpreting the texts; does not shirk difficult questions; stimulates the prospective preacher to see new ways of reading the text; covers the Anglican variations not dealt with in American commentaries.

Table of contents

• The First Sunday of Advent
• The Second Sunday of Advent
• The Third Sunday of Advent
• The Fourth Sunday of Advent
• Christmas Day and Evening of Christmas Eve
• The First Sunday of Christmas
• The Second Sunday of Christmas
• The Epiphany
• The Baptism of Christ (The First Sunday of Epiphany)
• The Second Sunday of Epiphany
• The Third Sunday of Epiphany
• The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
• The Presentation of Christ (2 February)
• The Fifth Sunday of Epiphany
• The Sixth Sunday of Epiphany
• The Seventh Sunday of Epiphany
• The Second Sunday Before Lent
• The Sunday Next Before Lent
• Ash Wednesday
• The First Sunday of Lent
• The Second Sunday of Lent
• The Third Sunday of Lent
• The Fourth Sunday of Lent
• Mothering Sunday
• The Fifth Sunday of Lent
• Palm Sunday (Liturgy of the Passion)
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday
• Easter Day
• The Second Sunday of Easter
• The Third Sunday of Easter
• The Fourth Sunday of Easter
• The Fifth Sunday of Easter
• The Sixth Sunday of Easter
• Ascension Day
• The Seventh Sunday of Easter
• Day of Pentecost
• Trinity Sunday
• Corpus Christi/Thanksgiving for Holy Communion
• Proper 3 (Sunday between 22 and 28 May)
• Proper 4 (Sunday between 29 May and 4 June)
• Proper 5 (Sunday between 5 and 11 June)
• Proper 6 (Sunday between 12 and 18 June)
• Proper 7 (Sunday between 19 and 25 June)
• Proper 8 (Sunday between 26 June and 2 July)
• Proper 9 (Sunday between 3 and 9 July)
• Proper to (Sunday between 10 and 16 July)
• Proper 11 (Sunday between 17 and 23 July)
• Proper 12 (Sunday between 24 and 30 July)
• Proper 13 (Sunday between 31 July and 6 August)
• Proper 14 (Sunday between 7 and 13 August)
• Proper 15 (Sunday between 14 and 20 August)
• Proper 16 (Sunday between 21 and 27 August)
• Proper 17 (Sunday between 28 August and 3 September)
• Proper 18 (Sunday between 4 and 10 September)
• Proper 19 (Sunday between 11 and 17 September)
• Proper 20 (Sunday between 18 and 24 September)
• Proper 21 (Sunday between 25 September and 1 October)
• Proper 22 (Sunday between 2 and 8 October)
• Proper 23 (Sunday between 9 and 15 October)
• Proper 24 (Sunday between 16 and 22 October)
• Proper 25 (Sunday between 23 and 30 October)
• Bible Sunday
• Dedication Festival
• All Saints’ Day (1 November)
• All Saints’ Sunday
• The Fourth Sunday Before Advent
• The Third Sunday Before Advent
• The Second Sunday Before Advent
• Christ the King
• Harvest Festival
• Biblical Index