Wednesday November 16 Pentecost 23
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Psalm 101
I am determined to live a life of justice and not to support exploitation.
Psalm 109
A desperate plea for God’s assistance, and rejoicing that God is faithful to the poor. The middle section, which uses violent images against those who oppress the powerless, expresses a profound desire that oppression be removed from the world. At the conclusion the writer rejoices that God is committed to the needy and to protecting those who are unjustly accused.
Malachi 1.1, 6-14 What’s Malachi about?
This short book, the last in the Hebrew Bible, was written after the people had been allowed to return to Jerusalem about 500 years before Christ, and focuses on warning about uncommitted religious practices.
Luke 17: 11-19 What’s Luke about?
Jesus heals ten lepers, but only the Jewish traitor enemy, a Samaritan, gives thanks. Jesus commends his response – the religiously observant are not fully alive because they have not recognized that the kingdom has really come because they had come to rely on it.
This week’s collect:
Almighty God,
you sent your Son Jesus Christ
to be the light of the world.
Free us from all that darkens and ensnares us,
and bring us to eternal light and joy;
through the power of him
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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