Tag: jerusalem

  • 13th April 2025, Liturgy of the Palms

    Luke 19:28-40 Entrance into the final days 19:28After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 19:29When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 19:30saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it…

  • Preaching Paths 13 April 2025

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary A careful, thoughtful public reading of the gospel text on Palm Sunday this year (Luke 19:28-40) may warrant a brief introduction. We can alert listeners that Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem omits details found in the other gospels. They will hear no mention of…

  • 16th  March 2025 , 2nd Sunday of Lent, Yr C

    Luke 13:31-35 A hen gathering her brood 13:31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 13:32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third…

  • Preaching Paths 16 March 2025 Lent 2 Yr C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s text, Luke 13:31-35, presents preachers with interpretative challenges. Luke joins two short scenes, each of them surprising. First, sympathetic (?) Pharisees warn Jesus that Herod plans to kill him; Jesus responds. Luke follows this scene with Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem, which in Matthew occurs much later,…

  • Preaching Paths 24 March 2024 Palm Sunday Yr B

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary According to Mark 11:1-11, Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem a few days before Passover is undertaken with forethought. Mark devotes half of today’s lection to the matter of borrowing a “colt” for Jesus to ride. There is no need to invoke supernatural forces to account for the local…