Tom Wright, until recently Bishop of Durham, is currently Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. He is the author of over fifty books, including the For Everyone guides to the New Testament, the best-selling Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope, and the magisterial series entitled Christian Origins and the Question of God.
Twelve Months of Sundays
Years A, B and C
Biblical meditations on the Christian year
Tom Wright
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First published in Great Britain as Twelve Months of Sundays,Years A, B and C: Biblical meditations on the Christian year in 2012 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 36 Causton Street London SW1P 4ST www.spckpublishing.co.uk
First published in the United States in 2012 by
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ISBN-13: 978-0-8192-2802-4 (pbk.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8192-2803-1 (ebook)
Contents
This book brings together my reflections based on the weekly biblical readings in the official lectionary now in use in the Church of England. The pieces first appeared in the Church Times; the encouraging response to them suggested that they should be made available in a more permanent form.
The lectionary offers a three-year cycle of readings, set out in The Christian Year (Church House Publishing, 1997). This volume of reflections covers Years A, B and C. No attempt has been made to cover the readings for the various Saints’ Days that may from time to time fall on a Sunday. Every possible regular Sunday, however, has been covered, including the extra ‘Propers’ provided after Epiphany when Easter is late and after Trinity when Easter is early. I have used the ‘continuous’ set of readings for the Sundays in Ordinary Time after Trinity, rather than the ‘related’ set in each case.
Where the official
