The Church Year begins on the First Sunday of Advent.
The Weekday Lectionary essentially starts again four weeks before Advent.
That means Monday 2nd November is a great time to start using these Daily Bible Reflections. And with Bible Sunday (the Last Sunday after Trinity) on 25th October, now is a great time to encourage others to get into the Bible.
The first set of Reflections for this ‘new year’
Covering Monday 2nd November to Saturday 28th November, i.e. the four weeks before Advent.
In the Old Testament we read Daniel, then start in Isaiah from chapter 40. The Lectionary will take us through Isaiah 40-66 (“The Book of Comfort”) over Advent and Christmas.
In the New Testament we read the book of Revelation.
A brief guide to the book of Revelation
Usually I focus on the Old Testament reading but, for the five weeks that the Lectionary goes through Revelation, that is my focus - on the basis that most Christians get confused by this book!
The PDF document with the reflections contains a bonus 2-page introduction to Revelation, setting out my basic approach. It begins like this:
Who else might benefit from these Reflections?
In a future post I will discuss the Lectionary but for now all you need to know is this: Monday 2nd November is a great time to start!
Share the PDF and/or this post with friends. The Bible is a gift of the Holy Spirit, so that we might know the Son of God, and in him be brought to the Father. May this “new year” be a new season of growing in your awareness that Jesus is Good News!