THEOLOGICAL CLUE

The preacher, who hopes to make the most of the lectionary and the church year during the long season of Pentecost, has to be cognizant of the kerygmatic accent marks that are built into the church year. Sunday is always the "little Easter," a celebration - if muted, at that - of the death and resurrection of our Lord; it is also the Ogdoad, the eighth day, or the day of new creation. Thus, the church is reminded that it and the people of God have been made new by Jesus Christ, and that a weekly renewal in worship through the reading and preaching of the Word of God and the meal at his table actually takes place. Those people who say that they come to church services to obtain strength and hope to get through the next week are on the right track; when the gospel is truly …