The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge: May 13, 2019
ReadingsActs 14:5–18Psalm 115:1–13John 14:21–26
May 13, 2019
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ReadingsActs 14:5–18Psalm 115:1–13John 14:21–26
ReadingsIsaiah 52:7–10Psalm 2Mark 16:15–20
ReadingsActs 4: 23–31Psalm 93John 3:7–15
ReadingsSusanna 41–62Psalm 23John 8:1–11
Readings Ecclesiasticus 17:24–29 Psalm 32:1–8 Mark 10:17–27
Readings Acts 1:15–26 Psalm 15 John 15:1, 6–16
Readings Genesis 4:1–15, 25 Psalm 50:7–24 Mark 8:11–13
Readings Genesis 1:1–19 Psalm 104:1–12, 25 Mark 6:53–56
Readings Hebrews 2:14–18 Psalm 84 Luke 2:22–40
Ezekiel 36:24-28
Mark 10:35-45
At Commencement at Harvard University, the minister at the Memorial Church renowned preacher, Peter Gomes, used to tell the graduates this famous bible story:
“As they were being driven out of Eden, and at the east the flaming sword barricaded the tree of life and blocked the way back, Eve turned to Adam and said, ‘My dear, we are entering a time of transition.’”
What a wonderful occasion this is, as Cynthia Kittredge is installed as the 8th Dean and President of the Seminary of the Southwest! It is a great privilege and joy for me to be here to celebrate with Cynthia, with her family and friends, and with all of you in this seminary community that Cynthia loves so deeply.
The lectionary imposes the practice and discipline of reading, studying, and usually, preaching on the appointed texts for the day.
Today this is more of a discipline than a practice for me, because our daily eucharistic lectionary has dealt the 1st letter of Paul to Timothy.
1 Timothy is not a favorite of mainstream historical biblical scholars, with their Protestant preference for the undisputed Pauline letters, the Paul of freedom and transformation. “For freedom Christ has set us free.”
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