“Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive…
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September 29: 19th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 21 With a bit of a nod toward St. Michael and All Angels in some hymns! Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 (Israel kvetches…
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September 29: St. Michael and All Angels: Daniel 10:10-14; 12:1-3: Angel strengthens Daniel; Michael aids Israel in a time of tribulation Psalm 103:1-5; 20-22: Bless the Lord, O my…
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September 22: 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 20 Jeremiah 11:18-20 (Jeremiah’s life threatened, like lamb led to slaughter) Psalm 54 (Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate my…
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September 22: St. Matthew, Transferred Ezekiel 2:8-3:11: Ezekiel commissioned to speak God’s words to a rebellious people Psalm 119:33-40: “Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.”…
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September 15: 17th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 19 Isaiah 50:4-10 (Suffering Servant’s humiliation and vindication) RCL/ELW: Isaiah 50:4-9a (eliminates punishment of Suffering Servant’s accusers, and also the verse…
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“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me” (Matthew 10:40). Do we see Christ in another? If Christ is in us and in…
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“Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:39). You have been given the gift of life. …
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“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does…
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“For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of…
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