The Revised Common Lectionary is a lectionary of readings from the Bible for use in Christian worship, making provision for the liturgical year with its pattern of observances of festivals and seasons.

Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;

for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is God’s name.  (Gospel of Luke)

I have lived the last 5 years with the church lectionary as my road.

A road upon which I have trod, religiously, not always joyfully but a road,

which lead my thoughts and grounded my soul.

And now, this year, working as I am in a community of faith

which does not enter into god with a weekly conversation drawn from the lectionary texts,

I have found myself to be a little lost as I look out into the wild-ness of life.

Now 5 years is a long time to walk down a road

so the standing stones of the liturgical year have not left me completely,

the rhythm of the walker still beats softly in my soul,

(lent, easter, pentecost, ordinary time, all souls….)

but I do find myself thinking;

‘I wonder which story we are up to’

and

‘are we still in ordinary time?’

And so this Sunday, as I walked with my children past the Greek orthodox church

with its worshippers spilling out, domestically, onto the footpath,

their hands cupped with fresh baked bread,

I did wonder out loud which ‘day it was today’

and which saint was being celebrated.

The night before I had driven my mother into the emergency department

of the Royal Melbourne Hospital,

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