Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Baptism of the Lord, Year C

January 9, 2022

Comments by John Fairless

Isaiah 43:1-7
When something is “ours,” we tend to take particular care of it — something known as “pride of ownership.” 

We feel an attachment to things that we have purchased or that have personally been given to us; the feeling of care is particularly acute when it is something that we have made with our own hands. (Why else do…