Our lectionary readings for the Second Sunday After Pentecost follow. For a link to read them all online, go here.
- Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
- Hosea 5:15-6:6
- Psalm 50:7-15
- Romans 4:13-25
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Last Sunday was Pentecost, which is the end of the Easter Season. Christ has been resurrected and ascended and has sent the Holy Spirit to his disciples. We see this day as the birthday of the church. Today is the First Sunday after Pentecost, which starts a new season – After Pentecost, or “Ordinary Time.” This season lasts for the rest of this lectionary or church year. A new church year will start with the First Sunday of Advent, which this year is November 29th.
This First Sunday after Pentecost is traditionally celebrated as “Trinity Sunday.” This is the day where we focus in worship on the three Persons of the Holy Trinity of God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – three Persons, one God. John Wesley referred to Him as our “Three-One God.” The Trinity has been celebrated down through the centuries, but began to have a special Sunday seven hundred years ago. It is commemorated by the Catholic. Lutheran, Reformed, and Methodist churches.
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