Notes & Reflections for Next Week’s Readings

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Bible in Time 2016
Notes & Reflections for Next Week’s Readings
Book of Common Prayer - Daily Office Lectionary
Easter 2
Psalms 146, 123, 5, 119:1-24, 18, 16, 20
Literary Types | Click here | Created by Lay Theologian in Residence - Barbara Klugh
Psalm 146 | Hymn
Praise the Lord, my creator and redeemer, happy are those whose hope is in God,
Psalm 123 | Community Lament
A community plea written during the time of the Second Temple; everyone is pleading to the Lord
Psalm 5 | Individual Lament
This is a prayer by someone who wants protection from someone who is keeping them from worshiping in the Temple and enjoying God’s presence.
Psalm 119 | Free Composition
119 is a series of psalms that follow each the Hebrew alphabet; used in the daily office readings on Wednesdays; Happy are those that are blameless before the Lord; I delight in your instruction and decrees.
Psalm 18 | Royal
Thanks for the king being rescue by the mighty acts of God; for who is God but the Lord?
Psalm 16 | Song of Confidence or Trust
God dwells in the Temple and I am with him there; I will keep the Lord always before me.
Psalm 20 | Royal
A communal song for the king’s victory in battle; they will collapse and fall
First Reading
Exodus 14, 15, 16, 17
The confrontation of God and Pharaoh at the reed sea; dry land is opened for the Israelites to cross on dry ground; the water returns to  kill Pharaoh’s army; Moses sings to the Lord.
Second Readings
1 John, 1 Peter
In 1 Peter is the significance of addressing the Church being dispersed everywhere; Peter views himself as an elder of the church giving advice and theological reflection to other believers.
Gospel
John 14, 15, 16
Jesus gathers the disciples for final teachings and comfort for what is to come; I will not leave you orphaned; knowing, loving, abiding; a little while I will be gone but I will come back; his final instructions to the disciples gives the modern day disciple the core truth and knowledge of faith in Jesus and God.
Sources
Source | New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th ed. | Notes in Psalms  by Richard J. Clifford | Oxford Press | © 2010
Source | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, 2nd Ed. | John J. Collins | Fortress | © 2014
Source | Introducing the New Testament | Mark Allen Powell | Baker Books (Pure Michigan) | © 2009
3 April 2016 a.d. - Cornelius, Oregon, USA

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