Mar
11
Grace, Light, Love, and Truth—Fourth Sunday of Lent (Cycle A–B)
1 Sam. 16:1b, 6–7, 10–13a; Eph. 5:8–14; John 9:1–41; 2 Chron. 36:14–16, 19–23; Eph. 2:4–10; John 3:14–21
I have two themes I want to discuss in regards to today’s readings: grace and light, and their relationship to two attributes of God, love and truth. We have our second scrutiny today for those who are on their journey into the Church, which means that I am straddling two different sets of readings. By God’s mercy in this very busy week, He’s given me enough commonality between our Cycle A and Cycle B readings that I can preach on both without doing any violence to the text.
First, the gift—grace. I’m actually being redundant when I say that. Grace comes from the Latin word gratia, which means gift. In Ephesians 2, Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith.
I have two themes I want to discuss in regards to today’s readings: grace and light, and their relationship to two attributes of God, love and truth. We have our second scrutiny today for those who are on their journey into the Church, which means that I am straddling two different sets of readings. By God’s mercy in this very busy week, He’s given me enough commonality between our Cycle A and Cycle B readings that I can preach on both without doing any violence to the text.
First, the gift—grace. I’m actually being redundant when I say that. Grace comes from the Latin word gratia, which means gift. In Ephesians 2, Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith.
