Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C

August 14, 2022

Comments by John Fairless

Isaiah 5:1-7
Isaiah’s opening sounds a bit like Solomon’s Song of Songs — a love story! 

The vineyard is so carefully (lovingly) prepared and cultivated, it seems that every crop that springs forth should be “guaranteed” to be fruitful and delicious. Alas, it is not so. 

As with the “things of the Lord,” stuff doesn’t always work o…