tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1241620256731835270..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: To Preach the Lectionary or Not. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-76504623174242524502016-10-14T17:06:51.574-05:002016-10-14T17:06:51.574-05:00In response to David Gray, let me observe that whi...In response to David Gray, let me observe that while I always preach based on the Lectionary readings, I do not hesitate to pull in other Scripture wherever it applies. In this way, the Lectionary is not limiting, but rather provides an organized assurance that the major points of Christian doctrine are covered each year.<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Anglican PriestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-30334118694719578422016-10-14T07:27:16.813-05:002016-10-14T07:27:16.813-05:00One of the difficulties of the lectionary is that ...One of the difficulties of the lectionary is that it works against preaching, over time, of the whole counsel of the Word.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-12198465350649801342016-10-14T07:25:20.280-05:002016-10-14T07:25:20.280-05:00Based on the comment above, "True indeed....p...Based on the comment above, "True indeed....preaching and sharing the word of God is the pastor's primary role." With much respect I disagree. The Lutheran pastoral office has been defined by preaching, but I think it's the wrong definition. When a pastor is filling in at another church he often says: "I'm preaching at St. So and So this Sunday ... " <br /><br />The Christian clergyman's truest work is to preside at the high and holy altar of God. To celebrate the holy Eucharist among and with God's holy people in Christ. That is his work. All else he does flows from that, and leads back to that, such as preaching. Preaching is always Baptismal or Eucharistic in nature. It calls people back to their baptism, and invites them to the altar.<br /><br />General religious talks given in church, especially one that has no Eucharist, are not sermons in my opinion, but religious talks of questionable value.chaplain7904https://www.blogger.com/profile/14568518517581646470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-13235429875555224032016-10-14T07:17:26.380-05:002016-10-14T07:17:26.380-05:00Like Liturgy itself, Lectionary is not something e...Like Liturgy itself, Lectionary is not something external to us, but is part and parcel of who we are, and what we do. It is not a handy tool to keep us focused or on task. But each Sunday, and each lection, stands independently, and tells the entire story of salvation, or at least is a launching pad to tell the whole story.<br /><br />In addition, they lectionary also works as a whole to proclaim the same story. <br /><br />It doesn't matter if it's 3 year or 1 year. But it should remain consistent, chaning only slowly, even as Liturgical form does. <br /><br />But a lectionary must be ecclesiastically minded, and not constructed to promote a social agenda. I'm thinking of anything that comes out of the ELCA. I don't know their lectionary, and if it does that or not, but if it does it's not worthy of our attention.<br /><br />And so lectionary is as an element of Eucharistic Worship.chaplain7904https://www.blogger.com/profile/14568518517581646470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8861261710133005052016-10-13T14:37:02.304-05:002016-10-13T14:37:02.304-05:00To echo Fr. D, the lectionary like the Liturgy kee...To echo Fr. D, the lectionary like the Liturgy keeps the Church grounded and safe from fads and flavors of the month. The lectionary is not designed to make people Scriptural experts but to reveal the Gospel alongside of all of the other Scriptural references within the Divine Liturgy. If people are tired of the same old reading and the same old message, then they are the problem, not the lectionary.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737698278079495810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72353919664295856062016-10-13T10:22:11.819-05:002016-10-13T10:22:11.819-05:00I preach from the historic one year Lectionary fou...I preach from the historic one year Lectionary found in the Book of Common Prayer 1928. I think this is vital in order to assure that all of the major points of Christian teaching are covered each year.<br /><br />The Lectionary ties the year together. I begin almost every sermon by reminding the people what Sunday this is, where we are in the Kalendar, and what the on-going theme of the season is. I often refer back to a point made several Sundays previous in order to further connect the whole sequence of Sundays.<br /><br />Without the use of the Lectionary, I think it would be inevitable that preaching would evolve into a continuous series of discourses on a few pet subjects of the preacher. I know of no one for whom the entire cycle is a "favorite," but I know that it is all important and must be preached, year after year.<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Continuing Anglican PriestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-56988987412266620842016-10-13T08:38:36.380-05:002016-10-13T08:38:36.380-05:00Is the synod sending out Visitors to evaluate serm...Is the synod sending out Visitors to evaluate sermons?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-49504686760020380472016-10-13T08:10:39.227-05:002016-10-13T08:10:39.227-05:00I would also like to remind those good pastors who...I would also like to remind those good pastors who question the use of the lectionary and who have "heard this all before," that congregations have children and those children have not always heard all of it before. So, we see the example of churches who abandon the lectionary (and liturgy) and then are surprised that their congregants end up being effectively heretics without a knowledge of the Bible or basic theology.SKPetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809201586810781979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72863230515428706602016-10-13T06:57:06.910-05:002016-10-13T06:57:06.910-05:00True indeed....preaching and sharing the word of G...True indeed....preaching and sharing the word of God is the pastor's primary role.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com