16 - 2nd Sunday of Lent

Readings and Gospel

Lectionary for this day - This has all the readings and Gospel

Genesis 12:1-4a -  Abram’s Call and Migration

• Read the footnotes here for a deeper explanation.

[2nd Letter of St Paul to] Timothy 1:8b-10 - The Gifts Timothy Has Received

• This is a “Pastoral Epistle”. It is about the work of a pastor in caring for the community or communities under his charge.

Matthew 17:1-9 - The Transfiguration of Jesus

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Who / What / Where is...?

Genesis

• Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), the first section of the Jewish and the Christian Scriptures. Its title in English, “Genesis,” comes from the Greek of Genesis 2:4, literally, “the book of the generation (genesis) of the heavens and earth.” Its title in the Jewish Scriptures is the opening Hebrew word, Bereshit, “in the beginning.”

• More information about Genesis

Abram

• The original name of Abraham

Paul

• A Jew and a pharisee. He was educated by Gamaliel, a notable teacher of Jewish law.

• A Roman citizen.

• He first persecuted Christians. After Jesus appeared to him, he became a Christian and was responsible for the conversion of many Gentiles. More information.

Timothy

• Timothy, whom Paul converted, was of mixed Jewish and Gentile parentage (Acts 16:1–3). He was the apostle’s companion on both the second and the third missionary journeys (Acts 16:3; 19:22) and was often sent by him on special missions (Acts 19:22; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:2).

Matthew

• He was a tax collector. He was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.

  • • 12 Apostles - the first 12 people that Jesus called to follow Him.

Peter

• A fisherman

• Apostle of Jesus

James and John

• Sons of Zebedee

• They were fishermen.

• Apostles of Jesus

Moses

• The person called by God to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

• God appeared to Moses as a Burning Bush on Mount Horeb.

Elijah

• A prophet. 

• His name means "My God is Yahweh". 

• He defended the worship of God over that of Baal (the Canaanite false god).

Transfiguration of Jesus

Dig deeper into this Sunday's Readings and Gospel with teachings from Brant Pitre.

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