“Now while the groom was delaying, they all became drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him’”…
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“For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take extra oil with them; but the prudent ones took oil in flasks with their lamps” (Matthew 25:3-4). Are you…
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July 27: 7th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12) Genesis 18:17-33 (Abraham pleads with God: don’t destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if ten righteous people are found) ELW/RCL: Genesis 18:20-32…
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July 20: 6th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11) Genesis 18:1-14 (Abraham and Sarah entertain 3 divine visitors; they’re promised a son) ELW/RCL: Genesis 18:1-10 (Eliminates Sarah laughing) …
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July 13: 5th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10) Leviticus 18:17-19; 19:9-18 (you shall not be sexually impure, nor lie, cheat, or show partiality; you SHALL reprove your neighbor; love…
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July 6: 4th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9; closest Sunday to Independence Day) Isaiah 66:10-14 (All who love Jerusalem, rejoice; as mother comforts children, so God will comfort you)…
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June 29: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8) 1 Kings 19:9b-21 (Elijah encounters God in the still small voice; 7000 have not bent knee to Baal; anoints Elisha) …
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June 22, 2025: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 7 Isaiah 65:1-9 (I was eager to be found by a nation that did not seek me; sinful deeds will be…
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“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish, and five were…
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“Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming…
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