Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Seventh Sunday in Easter (Ascension), Year A

May 21, 2023

Thinking the Texts by John Fairless

“Now, Jesus; now? Huh? Huh?”

One can almost imagine the excitement in the voices of the disciples as Jesus had dwelt among them for 40 days after the excruciating events of the crucifixion and the dynamic revealing of the resurrection. Surely, this was enough for him — and them — to have endured in order for God to brin…