Visual Resources for the Lectionaries

This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024 and Lent 1, February 18, 2024. It includes introductions to both Ash Wednesday and Lent in addition to the texts for the week.

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Revised Common Lectionary

Lent 1

These images are from page 1 in A Cartoonist’s Guide to Mark.

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Narrative Lectionary

The reading this week is Mark 10:17-31. The NL jumps from the Transfiguration in chapter 9 last week to the story of the Rich Man at the end of chapter 10. The video below fills in the narrative gaps on pages 13 and 14 of A Cartoonist’s Guide to Mark.

This image is from page 14 in A Cartoonist’s Guide to Mark.

Compare this to Matthew 19 and Luke 18.

I see this story as the third in a collection of three stories that illustrate Jesus’ teaching on greatness in the previous chapter.

First, Jesus makes women of equal value to men in Mark 10:2-12. Second, Jesus makes children of equal value to adults in Mark 10:13-16. Third, in the text for this week, Jesus concludes the trilogy by making the poor of equal value to the rich.

When we read this text as the third in a trilogy of social commentary, it falls into place.

It is easy to measure a person’s worth based upon their net worth, their intelligence, and their position of power in society. This is not the measure that God uses.

This man was possessed by his possessions. He followed the outward regulations of the Law, but his heart was enslaved by his status and privilege.

Until we can let go of these things and realize that every human being is equal in God’s eyes, it will be very difficult to see the Kingdom of God for what it is.

But, God is patient and loving, and will walk with us for as long as it takes. The camel will walk through the eye of the needle…eventually.

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