Sunday October 6 Pentecost 20
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Psalm 145
Praise to God because God cares for the oppressed and feeds all creation—God is praised everywhere.
Hosea 13.4-14 What’s Hosea about?
God argues that God has done everything possible to give the Israelites good life, but they have rejected God, and so the consequences may be terrible.
Matthew 14.1-12 What’s Matthew about?
Herod executes Jesus’ cousin. While the focus in this story is on the details of the feast and what led up to the beheading, the significance is that the Roman empire and the local Jewish leaders, such as Herod, who support it, will destroy anyone who challenges their reliance on violence as the ultimate power of governing. Since Jesus is a close relative of John, he is also now under threat.
This week’s collect:
Almighty God,
you have built your Church
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.
Join us together in unity of spirit by their teaching,
that we may become a holy temple, acceptable to you;
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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