Break Open the Word

The Second Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 5 - 10 June 2012 Genesis 3:8-15 Psalm 130 II Corinthians 4:13-5:1 St. Mark 3:20-35                                                                                     Background:   Genesis The Book of Genesis is more than that.   It is not a book in our modern sense of the word.   In fact the Hebrew word that is usually translated as “book” is the word sefer (scroll) and its etymology comes from the notion of “something recounted”.   How different that is for us.   That a book should c...

Trinity Sunday, The First Sunday after Pentecost - 3 June 2012 Isaiah 6:1-8 Canticle of the Three Young Men Romans 8:12-17 St. John 3:1-17                                                                                     Background: The Feast of the Holy Trinity The celebration of the Holy Trinity as a feast day in the liturgical year is a relatively recent development.   In early Church there was no special day devoted to the Holy Trinity.   As a response, however, to the Arian heresy, certain offices, prayers, and other liturgical mate...