Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Conversion of Paul - January 26, 2020
Lectionary readings, Advent 2019 to Pentecost 2020 - Year A.
About this Sunday’s Scriptures: In the liturgy of the church, we follow cycles of seasons as part of our tradition. Currently, we are celebrating the season of Epiphany, which started with the visit of the Magi and concludes with the Transfiguration of Jesus.
As another aspect of our tradition, the Church sets aside certain days as Saints’ Days. One of the more prominent of these is the Feast of the Conversion of Paul, our namesake. This feast day occurs at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated since 1908 as an effort to cast aside our various schisms and disagreements.
Just as Paul stated, “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:28),” we are reminded that, despite divisions of denomination and culture, we are one church and one people.