Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 1:26-38.
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Questions:
* When Gabriel visits Mary, he calls her “favored one.” What do you think makes her favored?
* Mary was perplexed by Gabriel’s words. What about God has left you perplexed?
* Read Luke 1:5-25. An angel also visits Zacheriah months before and like Mary asks how this can be. In his case he and his wife were old. Why did the angel make Zacheriah mute? What makes him different?
* In verse 36 Gabriel shares that her cousin Elizabeth is in her sixth month of pregnancy. Mary knows that Elizabeth is old and past her fertile years. Did that make a difference in her acceptance of what the angel said?
* The angel says that with God nothing is impossible. What does that mean to you? Has God done the impossible in your life or the life of family and friends?
You can read the reflection, “A Season of Surprise” along with the questions by going here.
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