A Nice Foreshadowing

Yesterday in the Daily Office the Gospel reading was Luke's version of the confession of St. Peter that Jesus is Lord. Today at Morning Prayer the Gospel reading is from John's Passion Narrative. It's Peter's denial that he knows Jesus.

I hadn't noticed the convergence before. Obviously it's deliberate, and I appreciate it. It's an effective way to remind us, just before Lent begins, that we too can be both saint and sinner, and sometimes in the same day or even the same breath.

RFSJ

This Week in the Daily Office

In the Daily Office lectionary this week, the (optional) OT lesson for Evening Prayer is a series of apparent theophanies taken from a variety of writings. I always like it when the Office Lectionary does something like that. Instead of in-course readings from Ezekiel (the OT sequence for Morning Prayer this week) we get a survey of readings that the Office Lectionary writers invite us to reflect on.

This week is the week of Easter VII, when we pray for the Holy Spirit that was promised to come quickly. So I've got to think that the OT lessons have something to do with the Sacred Spook, although at my first reading the overall theme isn't exactly clear, at least to me. But here they are. See for yourself and let me know what you think:

Sunday: Exodus 3:1-12
Monday: Joshua 1:1-9
Tuesday: I Sam 16:1-13a
Wed.: Isaiah 4:2-6
Thurs.: Zechariah 4:1-14
Friday: Jer. 31:27-34
Saturday (the Eve. of Pentecost): Exodus 19: 3-8a, 16-20

RFSJ