Wednesday October 23 Pentecost 22
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Psalm 38
I have caused my own downfall, people take advantage of me, and even friends have abandoned me. I remain silent because there is nothing left to do but to hope in God. Help me, God!
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 7.4-14 What’s Ecclesiasticus about?
Good advice about handling oneself in public and in private.
Luke 10.17-24 What’s Luke about?
On their journeys, the seventy disciples have experienced the kingdom breaking in through their actions. Jesus warns them against being impressed-what is important is that they are entering the kingdom, not the power that works through them. Jesus emphasizes that the power they have experienced comes from their weakness, and that those who crave power will never experience God’s kingdom.
Being vulnerable and open to one’s unimportance is the path to maturity, another example of Jesus’ insistence that he and they must die so the kingdom can come.
This week’s collect:
Almighty and everliving God,
increase in us your gift of faith,
that forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to what is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
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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