Liberation Lectionary

This week, Francisco and Jaime explore John 10:11-18, a familiar passage for this 4th Sunday of Easter about Jesus' parable of the good shepherd. Wondering together outloud if, perhaps, this beloved image and parable hasn't been sanded down and domesticated over the centuries. Can we recover and lift up the edginess of this passage?

This week, Jaime and Francisco explore the gospel reading for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year B - John 24:39b-48. Jesus invites the "Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see ..." They wonder if there isn't in this passage (and others) an invitation for us to approach and feel the wounds of bodies unjustly put to death. Don't just think Jesus. Think Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright, George Floyd. Jesus says that we "are witnesses of these things." Where are the seeds of liberation to be found in such pain and injustice?

Today Francisco and Jaime explore the Gospel passage for the Second Sunday of Easter: John 20:19-31. Not Doubting Thomas but Thomas who yearns for possibility, Thomas who longs for hope, Thomas who wants divine closeness. The Thomas like all of us. Come and help us find the good news of liberation in this passage.

"Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him." This week, Francisco and Jaime explore this Sunday's gospel option from Mark. Looking for Jesus in all the wrong places. He ain't here!

Meet Rev. Canon Jaime Edwards-Acton and Father Francisco Garcia in this introduction to their resonant weekly dialogue celebrating liberation in Christian scripture.