A parable addressed to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else (Luke 18:9-14). Seems like that could be quite relevant for us. Perhaps one of the few common, shared attitudes at this time, between people who agree on nothing else, is being convinced of our own righteousness and despising everyone […]
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Today’s readings are not obscure – it’s all about persistence. We have to persist in our prayer – we shouldn’t get discouraged and think God doesn’t care. But neither should we take this as a encouragement to nag God into submission! We are still responsible to direct our prayer to aims that align with God’s
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Our two main readings this week, telling the stories of Naaman (2 Kings 5:14-17) and of the Samaritan leper (Luke 17:11-19), are very clearly parallel. They once again show that God has no favorite people, no favored groups or nations. This despite the desperate need that humans have felt throughout history to feel they are
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We can probably easily identify with Habakkuk when he says (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4): How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen!I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene.Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery?Destruction and violence are before me; there is
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