Lectionary Links for Lent - Year B

• Clicking on the Sunday heading will bring you to the Textweek page with general resources for that day including wonderful collections of online worship and liturgy resources.
• Clicking on the specific texts will bring you to the page for that text at Textweek. Subheading links to the Gospel text are all from TextWeek
• Note that Jenee Woodward at TextWeek composes a weekly blog in which she summarizes highlights from the resources she indexes.

Lent YearB.pdf < PowerPoint presentation in handout format

General Lenten Resources at TextWeek

Lent 1B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Genesis 9:8-17 - Covenant with Noah
• Psalm 25:1-9 - Do not remember the sins of my youth...
• 1 Peter 3:18-22 - For Christ also suffered for sins once for all...
• Mark 1:9-15 - Baptism of Jesus > Temptation > Proclamation
  • Mark 1.9-15 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Lent 1B, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • "Breaking the Boundaries," Preacher's Magazine, 2006
  • "Test Run," Fred Craddock, The Christian Century, 2003
  • "Holiness: Baptism," commentary by David F. Wells, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online
  • "The Most Uncomfortable Day of the Year," Byron L. Rohrig, The Christian Century, 1987. At Religion Online

Lent 2B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 - Covenant with Abraham and Sarah
• Psalm 22:22-30 - "All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD"
• Romans 4:13-25 - Abraham's faith "reckoned to him as righteousness"
• Mark 8:31-38 - Passion prediction, rebuke of Peter, "If any want to become my followers,..."
  • Mark 8.31-38 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Lent 2B, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • "Remember the Cross," Preacher's Magazine, 2006
  • Peter's Confession, The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost, Donald H. Juel, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1994
  • "Uncommon Sense," Joel Marcus, The Christian Century, 2000
  • "Taking Up the Cross," William Willimon, The Christian Century, 1983. At Religion Online
  • "Holiness: Sacrifice," commentary by David F. Wells, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online
  • "'Let Them Renounce Themselves and Take up Their Cross': A Feminist Reading of Mark 8:34 in Mark's Social and Narrative World," Joanna Dewey, 2004

Lent 3B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Exodus 20:1-17 - The Ten Commandments
• Psalm 19 - "The heavens are telling the glory of God... Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O LORD..."
• 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - Foolishness of the cross
• John 2:13-22 - Cleansing the Temple
  • John 2.13-22 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Lent 3B, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • "How to Stay Free." Preacher's Magazine, 2006
  • Commentary by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.

Lent 4B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Numbers 21:4-9 - Grumbling in the wilderness > the bronze serpent
• Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 - "O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good..."
• Ephesians 2:1-10 - "For by grace you have been saved through faith..."
• John 3:14-21 - "For God so loved the world..."
  • John 3.14-21 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Lent 4B, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • "Serpents, Penguins, and Crosses," Preacher's Magazine, 2006

Lent 5B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Jeremiah 31:31-34 - A new covenant
• Psalm 51:1-13 ("Have mercy on me, O God...") or Psalm 119:9-16 ("Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes...")
• Hebrews 5:5-10 - Jesus, a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek
• John 12:20-33 - "...unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies..."
  • John 12.20-33 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Drawing All to Himself," William Willimon, The Christian Century, 1982
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Lent 5B, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • From What I Believe Jacques Ellul, 1989

Palm Sunday B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Psalm 118-1-2, 19-29 - "Open to me the gates of righteousness..."
• Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16 - Entry into Jerusalem
  • Palm Sunday Texts (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Sunday of the Passion, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • "Who is He Kidding?" David F. Wells, The Christian Century, 2000.

Passion Sunday B

• NRSV Lectionary readings from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Isaiah 50-4-9a - "...I gave my back to those who struck me..."
• Psalm 31-9-16 - "Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress"
• Philippians 2-5-11 - The Kenosis Christ Hymn
• Mark 14:1 - 15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, (40-47)
  • Mark 14-15 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "Exegetical Considerations," Sunday of the Passion, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
  • "Judas as Patron Saint," Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century, 1987
  • "Prayer from Gethsemane," commentary by Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century, 1978
  • "'It Was Out of Envy That They Handed Jesus Over' (Mark 15:10): The Anatomy of Envy and the Gospel of Mark." Anselm C. Hagedorn and Jerome H. Neyrey, Journal for the Study of the New Testament 69 (1998):15-56

Maundy Thursday

• NRSV lectionary readings at Vanderbilt Divinity Library
• Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 - Passover
• Psalm 116:1, 10-17 - "What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me?"
• 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - Account of Lord's Supper
• John 13:1-17, 31b-35 - Jesus washes disciples' feet > "A new commandment I give to you..." (mandatum novum do vobis)
  • John 13.31-35 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "An Encounter that Never Happened," Preacher's Magazine, 2006
  • The Revelation of God's Glory, Easter to Trinity with the Gospel of John: Bearing Witness to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Paul S. Berge, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1995
  • "Footwashing and Last Things," Robert H. Herhold, The Christian Century, 1983
  • "By Our Love," James C. Somerville, The Christian Century, 1998
  • "The Footwashing in John 13:6-11: Transformation Ritual or Ceremony?" Jerome H. Neyrey

Good Friday

• NRSV lectionary readings at Vanderbilt Divinity Library.
• Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 - "Suffering Servant"
• Psalm 22 - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me..."
• Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 - Jesus the high priest
• John 18:1 - 19:42 - Passion of Jesus
  • John 18.33-37 (Stoffregen @ CrossMarks)
  • "The Perfect Mirror," Barbara Brown Taylor, The Christian Century, 1998
  • "Answering Pilate: Truth and the Post-Liberal Church," William H. Willimon