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Genesis 45:1-15 
Psalm 133
Romans 11:1- 2a,29-32
Matthew 15:21-28
Hymn: All People That on Earth Do Dwell (16)
Homilist: Robert Dunn What does Mercy look like, and how is she revealed? Only our New Testament readings employ the word mercy but, in fact, she appears in all our texts this morning. The Old Testament lessons show Mercy at work in the context of family, tribe, or nation. The New Testament readings reach beyond such limited boundaries. Joseph and his brothers could not get along. Theirs was a dysfunctional family. The blame can be assigned to all of them, even to Joseph who antagonized his siblings by recounting dreams that promised he would dominate over them and by parading before them the special coat his father had given him. But in Egypt years later Mercy brought them to a joyful reunion. Click on PDF file to read more.
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Genesis 28:10- 19a
Psalm 139:1-12 , 23-24
Romans 8:12-25
Matt. 13:24-30,36-43
Hymn: Come, Ye Thankful People (557)
Homilist: Paul Mallery The firmament and the heavens are above, and the waters and the dirt are below. We are between ice and fire. Sometimes it is too hot, and sometimes it is too cold. We abide in the middle. We are living in middle earth. And it's not always a comfortable place to live.
How can we mortals, stick in the middle, follow God? How can we participate in the life of God?
We seek after God's love, but (in the words of John of the Cross), "[t]he darkness and trials, spiritual and temporal, that fortunate souls ordinarily undergo on their way to the high state of perfection are...numerous and profound...." We pass through a dark night at times. But not all is darkness...sometimes a light surprises. |
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Genesis 29:15-28
Psalm128
Romans 8:26-39
Matt. 13:31-33,44-52
Hymn: Jesus, Priceless Treasure (239)
Homilist: Stuart Tyner The Bible insists that at the end of time on planet Earth there will be only two groups of people. The first group accepts Christ’s gift of eternal salvation, choosing to spend eternity with Jesus. The second group would rather perish in the Lake of Fire. The same Bible that promises us that an innumerable host “from every nation, tribe, people and language” will be eternally saved (Revelation 7:9 ) also reveals that another host, as numerous as the “sand on the seashore” (20:8) will refuse salvation. Click on PDF Attachment to read more.
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