Passion Sunday
April 5, 2020
Soon learned, soon forgotten
This proverb makes a rather troubling comment about humanity: we aren't very good at learning and we forget what we learn. Our progress is slow and we are not very good at moving on beyond where we are.
Matthew 26:45
Then he came to the disciples and said to them,
"Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?
See, the hour is at hand,
and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew, Mark and Luke all write about the disciples falling asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane. While they each provide some of their own interpretation, the basic details and conclusions agree. The disciples had yet to grasp the coming death and resurrection, even at this late hour, in spite of all the teachings that Jesus had offered to them. They were asleep when Jesus had both requested and expected them to be alert and prayerful. Jesus echoes the call to humility in the phrase “soon learned, soon forgotten!”
Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary (Click on the season you wish to see)
Advent
Christmas and Epiphany
Transfiguration and Lent
Easter
Pentecost to Proper Sixteen
Proper Seventeen to The Reign of Christ
Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary (Click on the season you wish to see)
Advent
Christmas and Epiphany
Transfiguration and Lent
Easter
Trinity Sunday to Proper Sixteen
Proper Seventeen to The Reign of Christ
Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary (Click on the season you wish to see)
Advent
Christmas and Epiphany
Transfiguration and Lent
Easter
Pentecost to Proper Sixteen
Proper Seventeen to Reign of Christ
For more on Glenn Morison and his book that led to this page, check out The Things We Say.
All this material is copyleft. Feel free to use it however you see fit, with or without attribution.
If you wish to value this page, please make a donation to the Winnipeg Quaker Meeting.
April 5, 2020
Soon learned, soon forgotten
This proverb makes a rather troubling comment about humanity: we aren't very good at learning and we forget what we learn. Our progress is slow and we are not very good at moving on beyond where we are.
Matthew 26:45
Then he came to the disciples and said to them,
"Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?
See, the hour is at hand,
and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew, Mark and Luke all write about the disciples falling asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane. While they each provide some of their own interpretation, the basic details and conclusions agree. The disciples had yet to grasp the coming death and resurrection, even at this late hour, in spite of all the teachings that Jesus had offered to them. They were asleep when Jesus had both requested and expected them to be alert and prayerful. Jesus echoes the call to humility in the phrase “soon learned, soon forgotten!”
Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary (Click on the season you wish to see)
Advent
Christmas and Epiphany
Transfiguration and Lent
Easter
Pentecost to Proper Sixteen
Proper Seventeen to The Reign of Christ
Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary (Click on the season you wish to see)
Advent
Christmas and Epiphany
Transfiguration and Lent
Easter
Trinity Sunday to Proper Sixteen
Proper Seventeen to The Reign of Christ
Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary (Click on the season you wish to see)
Advent
Christmas and Epiphany
Transfiguration and Lent
Easter
Pentecost to Proper Sixteen
Proper Seventeen to Reign of Christ
For more on Glenn Morison and his book that led to this page, check out The Things We Say.
All this material is copyleft. Feel free to use it however you see fit, with or without attribution.
If you wish to value this page, please make a donation to the Winnipeg Quaker Meeting.