[Magdalen] Why the choice of Gospels today?

[Scott Knitter]

Proper 19B in the BCP79 lectionary has a choice for some reason, between a
passage in Mark 8 ("And who do you say that I am?") and another one in Mark
9 ("I believe; help my unbelief.").

http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearB/Pentecost/BProp19.html

RCL has only the Mark 8 one:

http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Pentecost/BProp19_RCL.html

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 9:51 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I don’t recall that there’s ever been a choice of Gospel readings,
> has there? Sometimes a choice given in the other readings, but never the
> Gospel.
>
> > On Sep 16, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, there is no choice. AFAIK, the original 1979 BCP Lectionary is
> no longer supposed to be used - just the RCL. Dunno why you're still using
> it.
> >
> > --
> > Chad Wohlers
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> > Woodbury, VT   USA
> >
> >
> > n 16.09.2018 16:45, Scott Knitter wrote:
> >> Last night I rewatched the excellent German film, Vision: From the Life
> of
> >> Hildegard of Bingen, with Hildegard well played by the German Glenn
> Close,
> >> Barbara Sukowa.
> >> I want to read more of Hildegard's writings, but last night I was mainly
> >> inspired to read the lessons for this Sunday in preparation for Mass.
> >> And for some reason there's a choice of two Gospels this Sunday, and I
> >> guessed wrong. I read about taking up one's cross and following Jesus,
> and
> >> at Mass we heard from Mark 9:14-29 about the possessed boy and "I
> believe.
> >> Help my unbelief," which was the theme of the sermon very well preached
> by
> >> our rector (Patrick Raymond+). Hildegard, via the film portrayal,
> helped my
> >> unbelief last night..
> >> Anyone know why the choice this week? BTW, we use the BCP 1979
> lectionary,
> >> having never changed to RCL. Did RCL have the choice?
> >
>


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA