Saturday October 5 Pentecost 19
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Psalm 33
A psalm of praise for God creating the earth, for being in charge of the nations and for rescuing us. We rejoice in this God!
Hosea 11.1-9 What’s Hosea about?
God speaks of God’s yearning for the people the way doting parents yearn for their toddlers. Even when the people abandon God and suffer oppression as a result, God’s yearning to be with the people will not end.
In a world, not unlike ours, in which God is often understood as naked power, these were provocative and challenging images of God yearning for wayward children.
Luke 6.27-38 What’s Luke about?
Jesus describes a difficult but liberating truth. In the kingdom, generosity extends to our enemies—the disciples (we, too) are called to a life very different from what society thinks is normal and the result is that we will be deeply fulfilled.
This week’s collect:
Grant, O merciful God,
that your Church,
being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one,
may show forth your power among all peoples,
to the glory of your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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