Text: Luke 11:1-13
Date: Pentecost X (Proper 12) + 7/28/13
Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; for He comes to reconcile us to God, to reunite us with God by revealing the grace and mercy of God toward us. When we pray to Him it is always with a faith informed as to God’s name, His person and revealed will. Continue reading “Learning to Pray”
Text: Luke 10:38-42
Date: Pentecost IX (Proper 11) + 7/21/13
Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. When He comes to you, as we have heard the past couple of Sundays, you are to receive Him. But it matters how you receive Him, either in faith or with other motives or not at all. Today St. Luke tells us that while it is good, proper and even expected for us to serve our Lord, such faith and love can happen only if and when we first allow the Lord to serve us. Continue reading “At the Lord's Feet”
Text: Luke 10:25-37
Date: Pentecost 8 (Proper 10) + 7/14/13
Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord, the Lord of the Harvest. And, we should add, blessed are all who receive Him as their King, their Lord, their merciful Savior. Notice that I didn’t say “all who accept Him,” but “all who receive Him”! Continue reading “Merciful Harvest”
Text: Luke 10:1-20
Date: Pentecost VII (Proper 9) + 7/7/13
Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. Once He came accompanied by the joyous songs of angels over Bethlehem, then to His hopeful disciples by the sea of Galilee, through dark rejection, hatred and death in old Jerusalem, nevertheless finally to His joyful victory through the cross and resurrection tomb. Now saints and angels praise Him with endless, joyful Alleluias. And we are invited to join our joyful voices with theirs now and forever. Continue reading “Joyful Harvest”
