Thursday November 21 Pentecost 26
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Psalm 105 Part 1
Praise to God for caring for and protecting the people—God looked after them before they were enslaved in Egypt, and prepared them for rescue from famine by arranging for Joseph to become the Pharaoh’s senior officer. God is committed through a covenant to do this forever. The second half of the poem will continue the story with God’s rescue of them from Egypt, God’s care for them in the wilderness, and God’s gift of a home.
Malachi 2.1-16 What’s Malachi about?
God criticizes the priests for being uncommitted to both the temple ceremony and their wives. Sexual unfaithfulness was a common way of speaking about giving one’s heart to the gods of selfishness and thus being unfaithful to the God of justice – in this image, their spouse. When priests give their loyalty to selfishness they no longer perform the role of connecting people to the God who is justice.
This concludes this short but very pointed book.
Luke 17.20-37 What’s Luke about?
Jesus warns that the kingdom may not be obvious – it may come suddenly and make huge change – disciples are to trust that it will come.
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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