Tag: Nature of the Divine
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Season After Pentecost / Ordinary Time, Yr C, 2022: Gospel Passage – Praying to the Divine, and learning to pray in a worthy way
“He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1) Early on in my childhood I remember my mother buying/giving me a children’s book about the Lord’s Prayer. It had illustrations about each aspect…
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Season After Pentecost / Ordinary Time, Yr C, 2022: Epistle Passage – Receiving Divine love, mercy & grace when initially unworthy
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to…
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Season After Pentecost / Ordinary Time, Yr C, 2022: Psalm Passage – The ebb & flow of praising the Divine throughout time
Seeker: “Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise.” Preacher: I can see clearly where and how this Psalm passage connects to the passage from Isaiah. It is almost as if the psalmist is writing to Jerusalem her self, and encouraging her to…
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Season After Pentecost / Ordinary Time, Yr C, 2022: Epistle Passage – Freed from our fears!?
“Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed.” (Galatians 3:23) If one takes this literally, that would mean that the laws set down since the giving of the Ten Commandments were seen as confining and burdensome. I have read and thought about the Ten Commandments a…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Psalm Passage – Before the final days, embracing the Majesty & Might of the Divine: Preacher & Seeker talk about it
Seeker: “O LORD, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured; how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, “I will not enter my house or get into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place…
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Psalm Passage – Stepping from praising by rote to praising from our spirit and soul
Seeker: “Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!” Although I do not know if this praise is squeezed out of me like tooth paste from a tube; or whether it flows forth like a refreshing mountain spring. Preacher: There is Godly honesty in that statement, Seeker. But to inquire further, does it come…