SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT C Lectionary #27
The Bible describes visions and trances in which God communicates with people. We may not be so trusting of dreams and visions as people in other ages have been, but do we know how to read the signs of the times for God's presence, as they did?
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18. The covenant with Abram includes both the promise of a multitude of descendants and a place for them to live. God's presence is represented by smoke and fire—traditional symbols of a “theophany,” a divine appearance.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (26) 27. Psalm 27 begins as a psalm of trust, as shown in the first verse used today, but the bulk of today's excerpts are taken from its second half, an individual lament, which leads into the final section, an expression of trust despite current problems.
El Señor Es Mi Luz (Montgomery) FYC 190
El Señor Es Mi Luz (Rubalcava) Cantos 58
El Señor Es Mi Luz (Taulé) FYC 191/GP 187
God Is My Light (Isele) WC 391/WS
The Lord Is My Light/El Señor Es Mi Luz (Krisman) SS
The Lord Is My Light PSL C33/SS
The Lord Is My Light (Alstott) JS 132/BB
The Lord Is My Light (Burns) PRM C141
The Lord Is My Light (DeBruyn) GP 188/SP4 8/MI-BB/JS 29
The Lord Is My Light (Guimont) GC2 905/LPMG 27
The Lord Is My Light (Gustafson) GP 189
The Lord Is My Light (Haas) GC 39/GC2 29/LMGM 529/WC 392/RS 57/WS/SS
The Lord Is My Light (Hruby) PMB 585/PRM C19/WS
The Lord Is My Light (Jackson) LMGM 528
The Lord Is My Light (Kreutz) PSC 42
The Lord Is My Light (Proulx/Gelineau) WOR 792/RS 55/LPGG 796
The Lord Is My Light (Roberts) LMGM 527
The Lord Is My Light (Schiavone) JS 908LP 39
The Lord Is My Light (Willcock) PFS 40
The Lord Is My Light (Willcock/Murray) CBW 49
Philippians 3:17—4:1. Paul preaches the traditional morality of the “two ways”—one way that leads to death and another that leads to life. In this instance, the way of life is fidelity to Christ.
Luke 9:28b-36. The story of the Transfiguration is traditional (at least in Roman Catholic churches) on the Second Sunday of Lent. Awakening from sleep, three of Jesus' closest followers experience a vision of him as the fulfillment of the Torah (Moses) and the prophets (Elijah). Further, they experience a theophany (the cloud) and a voice that ups the stakes: Jesus is God's chosen son, a divine messenger. (Note that “son of God” did not carry the notion of personal divinity at the time that the Gospels were written, though its use certainly placed Jesus in close union with the God of Israel.)
Songs for the Liturgy
Beautiful Savior (Ps,2,G) JS 859/PMB 542/WC 987/WS/BB
Beyond the Days (G) BB/JS 384
Change Our Hearts (2) GP 349/GC 394/GC2 414/MI‑BB
Christ, Be Our Light (Ps,G) JS 661/MI-BB/GP 656/GC2 512/WC 924/WS
Christ Is the World=s Light (G) CBW 543
*Christ upon the Mountain Peak (G) WOR 701
Christ, You Are the Fullness (G) CBW 431
Covenant Hymn (1) GC 797/GC2 798/RS 904
*From Ashes to the Living Font (G) WC 522/RS 561/GC2 402/WS/PMB 236/SS
Glorious Is the Name of Jesus (G) LMGM 194
Glory and Praise to Our God (1) GP 671/GC 522/GC2 537/MI‑BB/JS 596/WC 898/RS 696/WS
Glory and Praise to You (G) WC 716/WS/PMB 360
God's Holy Mountain We Ascend (G) WC 871/PMB 467
*Here Is My Servant (G) PSL C26/SS
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (2) WOR 510/GC 507/GC2 513/WC 781/RS 651/WS/PMB 404/MI-BB/SS
I Will Lift Up My Eyes (G) MI‑BB/GC 500/JS 646/GP 709
Jesus Christ, Inner Light (Ps,G) GP 661/MI‑BB/JS 666
Jesus Has Conquered Death (G) LMGM 62
Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain (G) HG 131
Journeysong (G) GP 581/JS 759
Lead Me, Guide Me (Ps) LMGM 168/GC 574/GC2 555/WC 777/RS 712/WS/PMB 397/MI-BB
Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (G) WOR 417/BB/LMGM 40/JS 391/RS 553/GC 392/GC2 416/GP 348/SS
Most Splendid and Resplendent Light (G) MI-BB/JS 662
*My Heart Declared to You, O Lord (E) IH 16
Now We Remain (2) GC 694/GC2 696/WC 640/MI‑BB/RS 813/WS/SS
O Healing Light of Christ (Ps,G) JS 576
*O Light of Light, Love Given Birth (G) CBW 434
O Lord, Throughout These Forty Days (G) CBW 367
*O Raise Your Eyes on High (1,G) CBW 366
O Splendor of God=s Glory B Morning Hymn (Ps,G) JS 870
Only Begotten, Word of God Eternal (G) WOR 666/RS 852
Only This I Want (2) GC 695/GC2 701/GP 575/CBW 516/MI‑BB/JS 766
Open My Eyes (G) MI‑BB/JS 695/GC2 569
Out of Darkness B Walker (G) MI‑BB/GC 689/JS 765/GP 574
Praise to You, O Christ, Our Savior (G) MI‑BB/GC 515/GC2 517/JS 674/RS 652/GP 662/CBW 442
Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Ps) LMGM 162/WC 841/MI‑BB/RS 754/GC 874/GC2 847/GP 478/WS/PMB 448
Priestly People, v 5 (G) WC 740/WS/PMB 383
*Ps 25: Remember Your Mercy (E)
*Remember Your Love (Ps) GC 881/GC2 851/GP 474/MI‑BB/RS 550/JS 561
*Save Your People (Ps) GP 341/BB
*Seek the Lord! Long for the Lord! (E) PSL C32/SS
*Stand Firm (2) GC2 673
Thanks Be to You (1) RS 708/GC 569
*The Glory of These Forty Days (G) WOR 422/BB/LMGM 32/JS 379/WC 530/RS 545/GC 388/GC2 397/WS/PMB 237/SS
*The Lord Is My Light (Ps) LMGM 132/GC 605/GC2 592/RS 649/GP 486, 659/MI‑BB
*The Lord Is Near ‑‑ Joncas (Ps) GC 619/GC2 599/JS 719/GP 614
These Forty Days of Lent (G) WC 527/WS/PMB 240
*This Alone (Ps) JS 689/MI‑BB 389/GP 621
*'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here (G) WOR 700/WC 535/RS 882/GC 778/GC2 771/WS/PMB 229/JS 518/BB
*To Abraham and Sarah (1) CBW 519
*Transfiguration (G) GP 443/BB
Transfigure Us, O Lord (G) MI-BB
*Transform Us (G) RS 881/GC2 770/SS
*Tree of Life (G) GC 397/GC2 401/RS 541/CBW 373/SS
We Are Marching in the Light of God/Siyahamba (Ps) JS 665/PMB 398/WC 789/WS/RS 648/GC 512/GC2 516
We Remember (G) GC 593/GC2 578/WC 653/MI‑BB/RS 724/WS/SS
What Wondrous Love Is This (2) WOR 600/WC 713/MI‑BB/GP 642/JS 755/RS 749/GC 627/GC2 614/WS/PMB 253/SS
Yes, I Shall Arise (Ps) WC 658/MI‑BB/JS 590/WS/PMB 325
You Are The Way (G) WC 705/CBW 441/WS/PMB 365