tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724751063131553872024-02-18T20:58:44.477-06:00St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchServing Christ in Chariton, Iowa, in the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa
We give voice to an honest and thoughtful point of view. The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.comBlogger530125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-78131349871747456812020-04-11T13:59:00.000-05:002020-04-11T13:59:04.439-05:00Easter Sunday<div style="font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">
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The Collect</h2>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">O</span> God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen</i>.</div>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">O</span> God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord's resurrection: Stir up in your Church that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen</i>.</div>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">A</span>lmighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen</i>.</div>
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The First Lesson</h2>
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Acts 10:34-43 </h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">P</span>eter began to speak to Cornelius and the other Gentiles: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."</div>
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Jeremiah 31:1-6</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">A</span>t that time, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.</div>
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Thus says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>:</div>
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The people who survived the sword<br />
found grace in the wilderness; </div>
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when Israel sought for rest,<br />
the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> appeared to him from far away. </div>
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I have loved you with an everlasting love;<br />
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.</div>
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Again I will build you, and you shall be built,<br />
O virgin Israel! </div>
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Again you shall take your tambourines,<br />
and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. </div>
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Again you shall plant vineyards<br />
on the mountains of Samaria; </div>
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the planters shall plant,<br />
and shall enjoy the fruit. </div>
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For there shall be a day when sentinels will call<br />
in the hill country of Ephraim: </div>
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“Come, let us go up to Zion,<br />
to the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> our God.” </div>
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The Response</h2>
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Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24</h3>
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Confitemini Domino</div>
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1 <span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">G</span>ive thanks to the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, for he is good; *<br />
his mercy endures for ever.</div>
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2 Let Israel now proclaim, *<br />
"His mercy endures for ever."</div>
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14 The <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> is my strength and my song, *<br />
and he has become my salvation.</div>
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15 There is a sound of exultation and victory *<br />
in the tents of the righteous:</div>
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16 "The right hand of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> has triumphed! *<br />
the right hand of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> is exalted!<br />
the right hand of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> has triumphed!"</div>
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17 I shall not die, but live, *<br />
and declare the works of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>.</div>
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18 The <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> has punished me sorely, *<br />
but he did not hand me over to death.</div>
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19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; *<br />
I will enter them;<br />
I will offer thanks to the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>.</div>
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20 "This is the gate of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>; *<br />
he who is righteous may enter."</div>
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21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me *<br />
and have become my salvation.</div>
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22 The same stone which the builders rejected *<br />
has become the chief cornerstone.</div>
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23 This is the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>'s doing, *<br />
and it is marvelous in our eyes.</div>
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24 On this day the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> has acted; *<br />
we will rejoice and be glad in it.</div>
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The Epistle</h2>
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Colossians 3:1-4</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">I</span>f you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.</div>
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Acts 10:34-43</h3>
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The Gospel</h2>
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John 20:1-18</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">E</span>arly on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes.</div>
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But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her. </div>
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Matthew 28:1-10</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">A</span>fter the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.” So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” </div>
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<b>Reflections</b></h3>
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This is the first Sunday in practically forever that St. Andrew's Episcopal Church has not had a service on Easter Sunday. A tiny virus has changed the way we manage our lives but it will not win! The way I see it, Easter is a movable feast and when things return to normal (however that will look) we will celebrate Christ's resurrection on that day.</div>
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In the meantime, Please celebrate Easter online tomorrow. The Episcopal Diocese of Iowa will be offering a service at 10 AM. Just go to their website and you will be given instructions on how to access the service.</div>
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Praise God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.</div>
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Fr. Fred</div>
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Here is a picture of the corona virus. It is something that isn't technically a living thing and is invisible to the naked eye because it is so small. And yet, it has caused the people of this planet to seek shelter behind our doors and literally fear for our lives.</div>
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I am glad that so many of us have heeded the warnings and are taking the precautions necessary to stop this scourge from doing even more damage. God gave us the brains to make decisions that allow us to help each other as well as ourselves.</div>
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So, stay safe. Keep a social distance. Wash your hands and wear a mask in public. God will not be upset if Easter is celebrated differently because of a very real threat!</div>
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Blessings,</div>
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Fr. Fred</div>
The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-6606211879936678812020-03-21T14:18:00.000-05:002020-03-24T12:35:37.414-05:00Pray Pray Pray<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a whole new experience for all of us. We will not have services for the next few weeks even though the sign does not reflect that. There will be a Sunday Service from the diocese chapel on You Tube at 10 AM. Please go to the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa website and click on the top banner (its purple) and you will get directions on reaching the channel with the service.<br />
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God's peace be with you.<br />
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Father FredThe St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-83539276657367773562020-03-20T15:05:00.000-05:002020-03-20T15:05:18.649-05:00Church Services at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sadly, due to the rapid spread of the corona virus we will not have church services at St. Andrew's for at least a month and this is what our church will look like, empty. However, take heart brothers and sisters. Maybe by this action we can protect others and ourselves from this often deadly disease.<br />
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Stay safe. Pray often. Wash your hands.<br />
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Father FredThe St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-63913695300648681552020-03-18T13:54:00.003-05:002020-03-18T13:54:36.251-05:00The Woman at the Well: Last Sunday's Sermon<img 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The Gospel</h2>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>esus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. </div>
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A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” </div>
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Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”</div>
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Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him. </div>
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Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”</div>
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Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
woman at the well Drinking the living water and Where to find
salvation </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is one of my favorite stories from the new testament. Jesus comes to
a well where a Samaritan woman is drawing water and they get into a
discussion about salvation. Samaritans and Jews did not get along and
any social mixing between the two groups was discouraged so this was
an odd encounter for them both. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Their
discussion begins simply enough with Jesus asking for a drink of
water. The woman is surprised because Jews did not even drink from
the same wells as Samaritans. The discussion quickly becomes
theological. Jesus tells the woman that the water she can give Jesus
to drink will only temporarily quench a person's thirst but he is
offering to her living water. She is confused. She is thinking
physical thirst and he is thinking spiritual thirst. She asks for
this living water and here is where Jesus blows her away by telling
her more about her life than she believes he could possibly know
short of being a prophet. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was
watching a televangelist the other day which is something I very
rarely do. He did say something that struck a chord with me. He said
that in order to be filled with the Holy Spirit you need to first
make room for God's spirit to come in. He said we must empty
ourselves of the things that are occupying our lives like anger and
jealousy. When we have rid ourselves of the negatives, God's spirit
will flow in abundantly. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
continue the metaphor of living water, we should drink from the
spiritual well. One that has not been contaminated by thoughts of
greed or hate. Those things give a bitter taste and interfere with
the sweet joy of being in a loving relationship with God. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jesus
also tells the woman something that is so profound. He says, “God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.” He is in effect telling her that the spirit of God is
everywhere. You do not need to worship God on a particular mountain
or temple. God is present in everything and God is everywhere. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">That
does not mean we should stop gathering at St. Andrew's for services
but we should just be mindful of God's presence in our daily lives.
Unfortunately, we will not be worshiping at our church building for
the next few weeks because of the corona virus. Lets remember that
it does not matter where you worship as much as it matters that you
worship.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stay
safe. Love your neighbor. Wash your hands!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blessings,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fr.
Fred</span></span></span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-26338508867988545072020-03-04T10:46:00.002-06:002020-03-04T10:46:32.109-06:00Temptation<img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.W7tPpOO0_rzVlEVmUbFcqAHaFS?w=247&h=172&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Readings</h3>
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Old Testament</h2>
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Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">T</span>he <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”</div>
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’“ But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 4:1-11</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>esus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, </div>
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‘One does not live by bread alone,<br />
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” </div>
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Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, </div>
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‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ <br />
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so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’” </div>
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Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” </div>
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Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, </div>
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‘Worship the Lord your God, <br />
and serve only him.’”
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Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Temptation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Lets look first at the
reading from Genesis. Adam and Eve are tempted by a serpent. I
believe this story was told to explain why life was difficult for us
humans, and in typical old testament tradition the blame was firmly
put on us for our disobedience. From the beginning of our time on
earth humans have been tempted to make decisions that go against the
will of God. We all have moments of weakness where we decide on a
path that is harmful to us and others. In Adam and Eve's case they
wanted more even though they had been given so much. In our case we
often fall into the same trap. We want a bigger television. We want
a new I-phone because our old one doesn't have lightening speed. It
seems like we never have enough. The beauty of these forty days of
lent is that we give ourselves a chance to reflect on life's
temptations and remind ourselves that this world will never supply us
with enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus went into the
wilderness for forty days. I can not begin to imagine what that must
have been like. I miss a meal or two and my growling stomach makes
me think my end is near. Jesus is tempted three times by Satan. In
the old testament Satan has a job. He is the tempter and that is
what he does with Jesus. First he hits Jesus where he is the most
vulnerable. He asks Jesus to simply turn the rocks into bread.
After all Jesus hasn't eaten for days and it is hard to get hunger
out of your head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then he reminds Jesus that
he has power over the elements. He can cast himself over a cliff and
nothing will happen to him. Lastly, Satan says that if Jesus just
worships him he will give him the whole world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus final remark is,
“Away with you , Satan! For it is written, worship the lord you God
and serve only him.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus puts so much into
perspective in that last sentence. Worship the Lord your God and
serve only him. It is a temptation to gravitate toward the material
world but we must always remember that everything in this world has a
shelf life, including us. God is eternal and our souls are eternal.
That is where our hearts and minds should be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-19231759212622363042020-02-24T15:44:00.001-06:002020-02-24T15:44:02.666-06:00The Transfiguration<img src="https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.5qDMd2CxiSMKfH02x_HHGgHaE2?w=266&h=173&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Readings</h3>
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Old Testament</h2>
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Exodus 24:12-18</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">T</span>he <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.” </div>
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Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 17:1-9</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">S</span>ix days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. </div>
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As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Peter, James and John
follow Jesus up a high mountain to pray and they have this incredible
experience. Jesus' face shines like the sun and his clothes become
dazzling white. But that isn't all. Moses and Elijah suddenly
appear and the three of them begin to talk. In Matthew it does not
say what they talked about but in Luke it says they talked about his
departure when he arrived in Jerusalem. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There is much symbolism in
this event. The presence of Moses and Elijah represent the law and
the prophets. When the voice of the Father speaks and says, “this
is my Son, my beloved, within whom I am well pleased, listen to him.”
To me it says that the law and the prophets must give way to Jesus'
teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Clearly the disciples,
Peter, John and James had a much sharper image of who Jesus was
after this event. They had one more sign that Jesus was the anointed
one. He was the messiah. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In our bible study the
author asks us if we have had any mountain top experience. Since we
are all flatlanders we had to put it into our own perspective.
Sometimes our mountain is a quiet place that has fewer distractions
and we are able to experience the peace of God's creation. It may be
Pin Oak Marsh. It could be a garden. Or, maybe just the silence of an
early morning as you wait for the sun to rise. God is everywhere and
in many ways God transforms us in those quiet moments of our lives. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In our first reading from
Exodus, Moses goes up on the mountain as well. He was on the
mountain experiencing the presence of God for forty days. It must
have seemed like a very long wait for the people of Israelis.
Waiting is something the Jewish people needed to learn. They had to
wait for Moses to come down from the mountain for all those days and
then they were forced to wander the desert for forty years. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Learning to wait can be a
difficult lesson. I remember the first time I meditated. It was
with a group of about twenty college students and we were asked to
sit on the floor of a big room, close our eyes, and meditate. After
about three minutes I thought I was going to lose it. The session
lasted for what was probably the longest twenty minutes of my life.
However, I learned and I got better at it and that experience made a
difference in my ability to be patient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We are about to enter the
season of lent. It is a time for reflection. We reflect on how our
lives are going and a time to make changes that will bring us closer
to God. It is a time to show patience with ourselves and with
others. </span>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-27014442761990257382020-02-15T13:57:00.002-06:002020-02-15T13:57:27.847-06:00Pastor's Corner: A Choice<img src="https://staging.maryknollmissionarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/steinbach_leoj_fr.jpg" /><div>
Father Leo Steinbach<br /><div>
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This is a reflection published last week in our local paper. </div>
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A Choice</h3>
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I have heard it said many times that
religion has been responsible for more wars and death than any other
social movement in man's history. The people who say these things
have a point. However, I believe the people who started the world's
major religions were promoting something quite different. Love for
one another has always been a major tenet of my Christian faith.
Unfortunately, people sometimes misuse and distort the faith to
promote violence and their own self interest.
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The Christians that I know work very
hard to do what they can to show there love for humanity. In our
town of Chariton people provide food, clothing, and shelter for those
in need. They don't wave religious flags announcing their good
deeds. They simply live their faith by doing the things that show
their love. These acts of love rarely make headlines but selfless
acts of kindness rarely do.</div>
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While I was writing this Pastor's
Corner I reflected on my uncle Leo Steinbach. He was a Roman
Catholic priest who belonged to the religious order Maryknoll. He
spent most of his life doing missionary work in Japan. Father Leo
was first assigned to Korea in the 1930's to work with the Japanese
who lived there. When the war broke out and Japan invaded Korea he
was placed in a concentration camp for a time and eventually the Red
Cross arranged for his release to return to the states. He had
contracted tuberculosis and was near starvation at the time of his
release. I remember my Aunt Mary telling me that the Red Cross
fattened him up on his return so that when he finally made it to
Chariton he weighed all of ninety pounds.</div>
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It would have been understandable that
Father Leo would have had great resentment for his maltreatment at
the hands of the Japanese but that was not his way. He truly
believed that his mission was to continue to love his Japanese
brothers and sisters. Father Leo had himself assigned to the
Japanese internment camp in Manzanar, California. While he was there
he did what he could to ease the suffering of people, many of them
U.S. Citizens, who had been taken from there homes and had lost
everything.</div>
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At the end of WWII he was reassigned to
Kyoto, Japan where he found many Japanese in desperate circumstances.
Starvation was everywhere and so many people were homeless. Father
Leo went to work not only spreading the Christian message of love for
one another but finding supplies of food, clothing and shelter for
those in need regardless of their faith.
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Later in life, Father Leo saw another
need. The elderly in Japan were not receiving the care that was once
a part of the Japanese family culture. So, he set about establishing
nursing homes for the elderly and handicapped.
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Yes, we have a choice in life. We can
focus on the dark and terrible things that have been done in the name
of Christianity. Or, we can look at the light that shines from
people who are living their faith.</div>
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Blessings,</div>
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Fr. Fred Steinbach</div>
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church</div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-58650560001150765092020-02-11T11:44:00.002-06:002020-02-11T11:44:54.895-06:00Good Works<img src="https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.voKk6uE5392bdhunuDaPxgHaFk?w=245&h=184&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Readings</h3>
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The Collect</h2>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">S</span>et us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></div>
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Old Testament</h2>
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Isaiah 58:1-9a, [9b-12]</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">S</span>hout out, do not hold back!<br />
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!</div>
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Announce to my people their rebellion,<br />
to the house of Jacob their sins.</div>
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Yet day after day they seek me<br />
and delight to know my ways,</div>
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as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness<br />
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;</div>
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they ask of me righteous judgments,<br />
they delight to draw near to God.</div>
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“Why do we fast, but you do not see?<br />
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”</div>
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Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day,<br />
and oppress all your workers.</div>
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Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight<br />
and to strike with a wicked fist.</div>
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Such fasting as you do today<br />
will not make your voice heard on high.</div>
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Is such the fast that I choose,<br />
a day to humble oneself?</div>
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Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush,<br />
and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?</div>
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Will you call this a fast,<br />
a day acceptable to the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>?</div>
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Is not this the fast that I choose:<br />
to loose the bonds of injustice,<br />
to undo the thongs of the yoke,</div>
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to let the oppressed go free,<br />
and to break every yoke?</div>
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Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,<br />
and bring the homeless poor into your house;</div>
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when you see the naked, to cover them,<br />
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?</div>
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Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,<br />
and your healing shall spring up quickly;</div>
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your vindicator shall go before you,<br />
the glory of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> shall be your rear guard.</div>
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Then you shall call, and the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> will answer;<br />
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.</div>
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[If you remove the yoke from among you,<br />
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, </div>
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if you offer your food to the hungry<br />
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, </div>
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then your light shall rise in the darkness<br />
and your gloom be like the noonday.</div>
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The <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> will guide you continually,<br />
and satisfy your needs in parched places, <br />
and make your bones strong; </div>
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and you shall be like a watered garden,<br />
like a spring of water, <br />
whose waters never fail. </div>
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Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;<br />
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; </div>
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you shall be called the repairer of the breach,<br />
the restorer of streets to live in.]</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 5:13-20</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>esus said, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. </div>
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“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.</div>
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“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">I
want to go back to the Collect I read at the beginning of this
service. It says: Set us free, O God from the bondage of our sins
and give us abundant life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">How
does that sentence speak to you and me. Think about it. How are you
being held back. What is your bondage. What does abundant life look
like to you? As far as bondage goes, I think sometimes we create our
own bondage. We limit ourselves. We find reasons to not act when
really all we need to do is act. It sometimes takes great courage to
free ourselves from bondage. African-Americans have endured racial
discrimination for years. It was especially evident during the time
of the Jim Crow laws. People of color were only allowed to drink out
of drinking fountains assigned to them. Their children were educated
in poorly funded separate schools. They were told to ride in the
back of the bus so white people could have prefered seats in the
front. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">Finally,
they had had enough and as it says in our reading from Isaiah they
“Shouted out, they did not hold back” They protested the racism
and began on the road to free themselves from the racist bondage they
had suffered from for so long. There journey for freedom from
bondage is far from over. The fight continues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">In
a spiritual sense, what is your bondage? What is keeping you from
having a closer relationship with God? In Isaiah, the people ask,
“Why do we fast but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you
do not notice?” Isaiah speaks clearly. He says, “look you
serve your own interests on your fast day.” He continues, “Is
not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to
undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to
break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and
bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked to
cover them.” Then your light shall rise in the darkness and your
gloom be like the noonday.” God tells us that we can do all kinds
of visible signs but if we do them for the wrong reasons they will
not bring us closer to God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">I
remember a time when I lived with a religious group that would fast
one day a week. Some of the people would walk about on the day of
fast with a somber look on their faces and if they engaged in
conversations with others they would weave into the conversation that
they were fasting. They would have been much better not fasting at
all. Through the prophet Isaiah God tells us that if we want a
closer relationship with him we should let the oppressed go free and
feed the hungry. We get closer to God by building a loving bond with
each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">Jesus
talks about the light in this reading from Matthew. He says; “You
are the light of the world. Let your light shine before others so
that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in
Heaven.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">In
some ways this sounds like Jesus is contradicting himself but I think
not. Jesus in not telling you to do honorable things such as feeding
the poor and visiting the sick so that it will bring attention to
your self. He wants others to see someone who is modeling the
behavior that God expects of us. When others see you doing these
things, they will follow your lead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">When
I was on the city council in Glenrock, Wyoming, we started a program
called volunteer of the month. We would single out someone in our
community who had made an important contribution to the community.
When we would call to tell them that they had been named we would
frequently get a response saying they would rather not be named
because they had not done it for any particular recognition. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">Our
response was that by shining a light on their contribution others
would be inspired to volunteer their time to make Glenrock a better
place as well. When they heard it put in this perspective they
rarely declined the award. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt;">Jesus
and Isaiah are saying the same thing. Do not be afraid to let a
light shine on the good works that you do but remember why you are
doing it. You do good works because of your love for God and your
fellow man and not because you expect credit on earth or in heaven
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The Readings</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Luke 2:22-40</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">W</span>hen the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."</div>
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Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,</div>
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"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,<br />
according to your word; </div>
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for my eyes have seen your salvation,<br />
which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, </div>
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a light for revelation to the Gentiles<br />
and for glory to your people Israel." </div>
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And the child's father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed-- and a sword will pierce your own soul too."</div>
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There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.</div>
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When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Simeon has been waiting
for this moment. The Holy Spirit promised him that before he died he
would meet the messiah. It is no coincidence that Mary and Joseph
have brought Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem at the same time that
Simeon is there. Simeon knows at once that Jesus is the one. He is
the one who will change everything. He is the one who will light up
the nations. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Simeon tells them that his
eyes have seen salvation. He holds Jesus and blesses him and then he
gives an ominous prophesy. He says, “This child is destined for
the falling and the rising of many in Israel.” His last and most
troubling words are for Mary. He says, “and a sword will pierce
your own soul too.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I have a feeling that
those last few words were carried by her all the way to his
crucifixion on the cross. Mothers and fathers worry about their
children and this statement by a prophet must have compounded her
worry. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Also in this reading we
here that the prophet Anna, a person who was greatly respected had
words of praise for Jesus' birth and the promise that he would give
to his people. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">After this reading there
is an intermission. All we know is that they returned to Nazareth
and Jesus grew and became strong and filled with wisdom. The story
of Jesus picks up again when Jesus is at the temple with his family.
He is only twelve and is accidentally left behind as they were
returning home. After that, Jesus is 30years old and beginning his
mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Much of Jesus life is a
mystery and maybe that is a good thing. We know so little about
Jesus early life that we get to focus on what is so important: the
years he preached, healed and blessed the world with his grace and
sacrifice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Over the last few weeks we
have been reading passages from different gospels. We have read from
John, Luke and Matthew. In each of them people would cross paths
with Jesus, even as an infant, and they instantly realized that he
was the one. He was the messiah, the savior, the lamb of God who
takes away the sins of the world. These are marvelous accounts and I
do not presume to question their accuracy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Just knowing things do not
come so easily for me and I suspect they do not come easily for many
of you. I came to believe in Jesus in a different way. My aha
moment had to evolve. I read scripture and other writings. I
soulfully meditated on my relationship to God. I join in the Sunday
service with others in my community. Gradually, my faith grew and I
came to believe that my own salvation would come through becoming one
of Jesus disciples. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus, through his
teaching and his example of love for all of us is the rock that is
the foundation of my faith. No, I was not God smacked one day and
suddenly became “saved”. God spoon fed me and nourished my soul
and I am so glad God did! May your spiritual journey be as fruitful
as mine has been.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">God Bless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Fr. Fred</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-7126648410282006472020-01-29T12:54:00.000-06:002020-01-29T12:54:30.945-06:00Fishing for People: Last Sunday's Sermon<img height="197" 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The Readings</div>
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The Epistle</h2>
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1 Corinthians 1:10-18</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">N</span>ow I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters. What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.” Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power. </div>
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For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. </div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 4:12-23</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">W</span>hen Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: </div>
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“Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,<br />
on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— </div>
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the people who sat in darkness <br />
have seen a great light, </div>
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and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death <br />
light has dawned.” </div>
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From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”</div>
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As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.</div>
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Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.</div>
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The Sermon</div>
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Paul is writing to the people of
Corinth and he starts out with a lot of praise for them but then
quickly gets into correction mode. He tells them they are all part
of the body of Christ and they should not align themselves with one
religious leader or another. He reminded them that they were all
followers of Jesus and not anyone else.
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When Andrew and Peter saw Jesus, they
came to the realization that Jesus was the one, the messiah, they
immediately followed him and they never turned back. When the sons
of Zebedee recognized Jesus as the messiah they did the same. They
never turned back.</div>
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Jesus clearly told them they would no
longer be fishing for fish but fishing for people. I am pretty sure
they understood the metaphor. Jesus was taking them down a path
where they would change peoples lives and save their souls.</div>
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This passage makes it all sound so
easy. You just tell people who you are and what you are about and
they drop everything and follow you.
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Have you ever gone fishing? I assume
most of you have. As a youth I spent a lot of time fishing creeks,
ponds and lakes. Some days when the fish were biting it seemed so
easy. I could cast out anywhere and I would catch a fish. Then there
were other days. On those days nothing seemed to work. I could
literally see big fish out in the water and they would slowly swim
right by my line as if it wasn't there. There were good and bad
fishing days.</div>
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To take the fishing metaphor a little
farther, Jesus and his disciples had those days as well. Jesus was
rejected many times. He was even rejected in his own town of
Nazareth. Jesus did not let these occurrences stop him. In Luke we
here the story of Jesus sending 72 disciples out to spread the good
news. He sends them out two by two and he cautions them that they
will not always be well received but he tells them also to not lose
heart and to carry on.</div>
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The same is true for us. We go out and
share our story and our good news and not everyone is ready to
listen. They may simply not be hungry for a change in their lives
and that is OK. We have still planted a seed. We have offered them
a chance to share our faith and the joy that comes with it. You
don't always catch a fish every time you throw out a line or to use
the method of the Galileans, cast out a net.</div>
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Yet, those who are hungry will listen to the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ.</div>
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Last Sunday we had a storm that came through and left very icy conditions. So, we called off the service and because of that my sermon sat on my desk...until now. Thank you for taking the time to read it and I hope it is meaningful for you.</div>
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1 Corinthians 1:1-9</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">P</span>aul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,</div>
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To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</div>
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I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind-- just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you-- so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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John 1:29-42</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>ohn saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.” </div>
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The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!”
The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon. One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed). He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter). </div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Followers
of Jesus Christ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This
reading from Paul's letter to the Corinthians sounds uplifting and
full of goodness and light but as you read deeper into the letter you
begin to understand that there is trouble in river city. Corinth is
a big city and it has a reputation for immorality. That leaning
toward licentiousness has found its way into the community of
believers. Paul basically gives them the 'what for' and tells them
to straighten up and fly right. He encourages them by telling them
that God will give them the strength to overcome the temptations of
the world. They just have to keep the faith.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In the
gospel reading John the Baptist sees Jesus and declares, “here is
the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” He tells his
followers that this is the one they have all been waiting for. He is
the messiah, the savior. Two of John's followers are so inspired
that they leave John and begin to follow Jesus. One of those
followers was Andrew. He is the same Andrew whom our church is named
after. Andrew has a brother named Simon and Andrew goes to his
brother and tells him what he has discovered. They both then go and
follow Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">While I
was reading and reflecting on what has been chosen for us to read
today I asked myself, what is the underlying message. It came to me
that the message is about faith and spreading that faith to others.
Another term for this is evangelism. Paul, who entered the sinful
city of Corinth with much trepidation moved forward with his message
and found people who had a hunger for a new way of life. Jesus,
through the evangelism of Paul, gave that new way of life to them.
Sure, there were bumps in the road as is clearly evidenced by Paul's
admonitions in his letter. But, the message from Paul was to stay
the course; to get back on that horse whenever you get bucked off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
invites his new disciples to follow him, to come and see. As they
travel with Jesus and hear his word, their faith becomes deeper and
their zeal in sharing that faith becomes stronger. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We have
a lot to learn from the early followers in Corinth and Andrew, Peter,
and the other apostles. They were all very flawed people but they
did not quit. They understood there was great power in Jesus'
message. As followers of Jesus, they knew that He had given them a
great commission: to go out and make disciples of all nations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">That
great commission holds true for us today as well. Our mission here
today is to spread Christ's word of love to the people in our world
and invite them to come and see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen</span></div>
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</article>The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-2177676229197116512020-01-15T13:16:00.000-06:002020-01-15T13:16:11.965-06:00Baptism: Last Week's Sermon<img src="https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.wFfQdCCfcnrWkT4B7hSe_gHaFj?w=249&h=184&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The New Testament</h2>
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Acts 10:34-43</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">P</span>eter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 3:13-17</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>esus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Last
Monday was the day of Epiphany. This is the day that we celebrate
the baby Jesus being presented to all of the people of the world.
The Maji who were not Jews came to Bethlehem because they believed
the king of the Jews had just been born and they wanted to pay homage
to him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">According
to Matthew, they presented him with three very expensive and
appropriate gifts for a king; gold, frankincense and myrrh. We
really do not know who these people were. We don't know their names
or official titles. We just know they came from the east and they
likely had traveled a long distance. The most significant part of
this story is they were gentiles, non-Jews, and they recognized the
magnitude of Jesus' birth. It was an ah ha moment for them. It was
an epiphany.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In
today's reading from Matthew, Jesus has come to the Jordan river
where John is baptizing and he asks John to baptize him. John
objects by saying it should be the other way around; Jesus should be
baptizing him. Jesus exercises his authority and says “no John,
you need to do this.” We have just read what happens next. Jesus
comes out of the water and the Holy Spirit appears like a dove and a
voice calls out, “This is my son, the Beloved, with whom I am well
pleased.” This is another ah ha moment. The Holy Spirit announced
to the world that Jesus is the Son of God!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">When we
were baptized the Holy Spirit was there for us as well. It is a
ritual that has two basic parts. One is the use of water which is
very much a part of Jewish tradition. Water is used in ritual
cleansing throughout the old testament. Invoking the trinity is the
second part of the ritual. In the great commission in Matthew 28,
Jesus tells his disciples, “Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And, surely I am with you always to the very end of
the age.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It is
good for us to also remember that our baptism is a covenant. It is a
commitment to live a life that reflects the commandments that Jesus
has taught us. I would like for us now to once again reflect on that
covenant recite with me and once again make that commitment to our
lord and savior. You will find it on page 304 of the Book of Common
Prayer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Blessings,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Fr.
Fred</span></div>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">A</span>fter the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, "Out of Egypt I have called my son."</div>
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When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He will be called a Nazorean."</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Our story of the holy
family gets a little mixed up this week and next. This Monday's gospel
reading tells the story of the Maji arriving in Bethlehem. Today's gospel reading tells what happened after the Maji left. Joseph has
another dream and in the dream he is told they must take refuge in
Egypt because Herod has sent out an order for all Jewish boys under
the age of two to be murdered. Herod was corrupt and evil. He
wanted to do all that he could to retain his power and he perceived
this infant as a threat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So, Joseph and family
escape to Egypt. This story is very similar to the story of Moses.
Fourteen hundred years before Jesus birth, pharaoh, the ruler of
Egypt, had ordered that all male Jewish infants be thrown into the
Nile because he feared too many Jews were being born and he was
afraid the Egyptian people would be overpowered by sheer numbers. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In both cases, Moses and
Jesus live out their destiny. Moses leads his people out of Egypt
and into freedom. Jesus leads us into the kingdom of God. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So what is our destiny?
What has God destined for us to do? A couple of weeks ago at bible
study one of our participants shared a thought provoking metaphor.
She said that when one door closes in life, another one becomes
available. You just have to turn the knob. Turning that knob is
what following your destiny is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I believe God has destined
us for great things. No, we may not become president of the United
States. Maybe not even mayor of Chariton. God looks for us to do
things that are spiritually great and spirituality is measured
differently. There is no worldly power or fame in spiritual greatness.
Spiritual greatness is measured by the love we give to one another. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Last week in the reading
from John the author said that we are children of God and as God's
children we are expected to do Godly things. So, be brave and let
the Holy Spirit guide you. Love one another and give of yourselves
whenever another child of God needs you. It could be helping a
family seeking refuge because they fear for their lives as Joseph's
family did. It could be tucking your own loved one in bed and
telling them that you love them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Let the Holy Spirit be
your guide.</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-19062901004828490502019-12-31T11:53:00.003-06:002019-12-31T11:53:48.922-06:00Do Small Things. Do Big Things: Last Sunday's Sermon<img src="https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.RwN9kzWUDm5-qEqW8jYJmwHaE7?w=294&h=195&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">I</span>n the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.</div>
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There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.</div>
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He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.</div>
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And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.'") From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">On
Christmas Eve we read about the birth of Jesus from the gospel of
Luke. Luke was concerned about the accuracy of this story and he
went into some detail regarding how it all came about. He starts out
by focusing on Mary and her visit by the angel Gabriel. He writes
about the census, the stable, the visit by the shepherds. He wants
to get it all right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Matthew
tells the same story but from a slightly different perspective.
Matthew is writing to a Jewish audience and he stresses the
connection between old testament prophesy and Jesus birth. His story
of the Maji and escaping to Egypt tie in with the foretelling of the
prophesy from Hosea that “out of Egypt I called my son.” </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">John is
unlike the other gospels. He does not spend time on the narrative of
the story. He jumps straight into the theology. John says right
away that Jesus was there at the beginning. He writes all things
came into being through him and without him not one thing was made.
He continues by saying that the word became flesh and lived among us
and all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to
become children of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We are
the children of God. Just think of how powerful a statement that is.
Think of the responsibility that goes with it. We all know what it
is like to be children of mortal parents. There are very few of us
who do not believe it is important to make our parents proud of us.
We want to please our mortal parents. I would like you to reflect on
how important it is for us to please our immortal parent. Our
creator. Our God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
became flesh to guide us and inspire us to do just that. He told us
of the importance of love and he impressed on us the ways in which we
could show that love to God and to each other. He told us to put the
needs of others ahead of our own. He told us to look out for each
other and to be there for others in times of need whether those
things be small things or big things. It may be a friendly wave to a
stranger or opening a door for someone. It could also be rescuing
someone from a burning building or sacrificing your life for someone
else. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
in his life was an example of the small things and the big things.
He washed the feet of his disciples at the last supper. It was a
small but important thing. The next day he did a big thing. He
sacrificed his life on a cross for all of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">May his
example live on in all of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-61770658630758689672019-12-26T12:34:00.001-06:002019-12-26T12:34:11.515-06:00Christmas Eve <img 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The Gospel</h2>
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Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20</h3>
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[<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">I</span>n those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.]</div>
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In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for see-- I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
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"Glory to God in the highest heaven,<br />
and on earth peace among those whom he favors!" </div>
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When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We know
the story. Joseph and Mary are traveling to Bethlehem to be counted
in a census. Mary is pregnant and about to give birth. They can
find no place to sleep for the night and end up spending that night
in a stable. Mary delivers the child and they wrap him in swaddling
clothes and lay him in a manger. These humble beginnings set the
stage for the life of someone who would literally change the world. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I think
there is symbolism in the fact that the first people to visit the
baby Jesus were shepherds. Shepherds were considered of very low
status in the first century and yet they were the first to be
notified of Jesus' birth. Jesus was destined to be a different kind
of king. He would not be interested in rubbing shoulders with people
of status and power. He came for everyone and that included those
who were considered the least in society. So on this day shepherds,
the least in status, came first and it was their fortune to visit an
infant who would shepherd us into deeper understanding of our
relationship with God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">All
through his ministry Jesus focused on those who needed him the most.
Jesus was there for the poor, the handicapped, the sick, and those
who had been rejected by others. His message of love for those in
need is just as important today as it was two thousand years ago.
Let us continue to spread his message of love. Let us continue to
reach out to our sisters and brothers in their time of need. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There
are children today who have no home. People today, tonight, will be
looking for a place to lay their heads. Remember that our mission is
to continue Jesus' mission. We are here to feed the hungry, cloth
the naked, welcome the stranger and visit those imprisoned and those
who are sick. We are truly the hands and feet of Christ doing his
work, sharing his love and sharing his message with all whom we meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen.</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-24898797689549550552019-12-24T10:59:00.000-06:002019-12-24T10:59:05.279-06:00Joseph Has a Dream: Last Sunday's Sermon<img src="https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.WanN5A_X-Hkvb0kq8bSYSgHaFM?w=254&h=175&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 1:18-25</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">N</span>ow the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:</div>
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“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,<br />
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”</div>
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which means, “God is with us.” When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus.</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The birth of Jesus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We have been waiting for
weeks for the birthday of Jesus. Waiting is not easy for many of us.
Just imagine the stress of waiting that Joseph and Mary must have
experienced and the drama that came with the birth of Jesus. Joseph
is in a quandary. He finds out Mary is pregnant and he is not the
father. I can just imagine the conversations that took place. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then Joseph has a dream.
In the dream an angel appears and tells Joseph that a wonderful event
is to take place. The child to be born is the son of the Holy
Spirit. Now, that is a lot to take in. The angel even tells him
what the name of the child will be, Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In today's world, science
looks at dreams differently. Science sees dreams as kind of a mental
decluttering. Dreams are seen as synapses randomly firing and sort
of cleaning house. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The people of the first
century and many of us today look at dreams through a different lens.
We often see dreams as a bridge between our world and the spiritual
world. I can recount for you many times when I have had dreams that
seemed to relay a message that was other worldly. And, I paid
attention to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As I said earlier, great
power was attributed to dreams in the first century and Joseph
clearly believed he was being sent a heavenly message. It changed
everything for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus would be born and
Joseph would treat him as a son. Joseph would nurture Jesus and do
what he could to protect him as any father would. I have no doubt
that the child Jesus would be a handful. We hear no more of Joseph
as Jesus grows into adulthood so everything is speculation. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Joseph listened to a
higher power. His message came to him in a dream. I believe that
same higher power nudges us along in life as well. Can you think of
a time when God gave you a nudge. When God spoke to you in some
subtle way. Sometimes, I think God speaks to us through the people
in our lives, maybe it's our friends and relatives, or maybe it is
someone in line at the grocery store. It may be the spiritual
inspiration we get from a news article, or a book, or movie. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">At Christmas time I have
rituals I follow that get me in the Christmas spirit. One of them is
watching the movie, The Bishop's Wife. I would attempt to explain
the plot and incidentals of the movie but I will just tell you that
it's message for me is that I need to be mindful of how easy it is to
get lost in the humdrum of the worlds events and lose sight of the
reason I have been put on this earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The angel did that just
for Joseph. Gabriel gave Joseph a very clear mission to raise a
child who would be the savior to the whole world. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This year I plan to listen
to God's message, whether it be reading scripture, paying attention
to dreams that may come my way, or possibly getting a spiritual nudge
by the person ahead of me in the grocery line. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-44103975217809051672019-12-19T11:47:00.003-06:002019-12-19T11:47:54.091-06:00The Joy of the Unexpected: Last Sunday's Sermon<img src="https://www.bing.com/th/id/OIP.YwI6SwZIytTNSeX-nbRLcQHaEK?w=255&h=160&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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<h3>
The Readings</h3>
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Old Testament</h2>
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Isaiah 35:1-10</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">T</span>he wilderness and the dry land shall be glad,<br />
the desert shall rejoice and blossom; </div>
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like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly,<br />
and rejoice with joy and singing. </div>
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The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,<br />
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.</div>
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They shall see the glory of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>,<br />
the majesty of our God.</div>
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Strengthen the weak hands,<br />
and make firm the feeble knees.</div>
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Say to those who are of a fearful heart,<br />
"Be strong, do not fear! </div>
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Here is your God.<br />
He will come with vengeance, </div>
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with terrible recompense.<br />
He will come and save you." </div>
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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,<br />
and the ears of the deaf unstopped; </div>
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then the lame shall leap like a deer,<br />
and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. </div>
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For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,<br />
and streams in the desert; </div>
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the burning sand shall become a pool,<br />
and the thirsty ground springs of water; </div>
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the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp,<br />
the grass shall become reeds and rushes. </div>
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A highway shall be there,<br />
and it shall be called the Holy Way; </div>
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the unclean shall not travel on it,<br />
but it shall be for God's people;
no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray. </div>
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No lion shall be there,<br />
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; </div>
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they shall not be found there,<br />
but the redeemed shall walk there. </div>
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And the ransomed of the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> shall return,<br />
and come to Zion with singing; </div>
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everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;<br />
they shall obtain joy and gladness, <br />
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.</div>
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The Epistle</h2>
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James 5:7-10</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">B</span>e patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors! As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Matthew 11:2-11</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">W</span>hen John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”</div>
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As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written,
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‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,<br />
who will prepare your way before you.’ </div>
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“Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Joy of the Unexpected</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In the first reading
Isaiah paints a beautiful picture of how it's going to be. The
desert shall rejoice and blossom. People who are weak shall be made
strong. The eyes of the blind shall be opened. The lame will leap
like a deer. The ears of the deaf will be unstopped. God's people
will go down a holy highway and it shall be straight and true. The
people will no longer go astray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It all sounds so wonderful
and we just have to patiently wait for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In the reading from James,
he tells us to be patient for the Lord's coming just as the farmer
waits for his crop to bear fruit. He tells us not to grumble against
others lest we be judged ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Jewish people have
been waiting a long time and if the rumors are true then the wait is
almost over. The messiah, the anointed one has arrived. But, there
are those who still have their doubts and John the Baptist is one of
them. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Somehow, from his jail
cell he sends a messenger to Jesus and he asks him, are you truly the
messiah? John may have his doubts. After all, he has been telling
his own followers that the messiah would baptize with the Holy Spirit
and fire. He would separate the wheat from the chaff and he would
send the chaff into the fire. John was expecting a different kind of
messiah. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus sends a message back
to John saying, “ Tell John what you hear and see: the blind
receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised and the poor have good news brought to
them.” </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus goes on to say he is
not the kind of king or messiah they were expecting. He doesn't wear
flowing robes. He has no plans to live in a palace. He is
otherworldly. He is not attached to the things of this world and
they should not be either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">He is telling them they
need to change their image of who a savior is and what a savior does.
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We do that a lot
throughout our lives. When has something like a vacation, turned out
exactly the way you planned? When Sherry and I went on our honeymoon
to Greece we had all of these wonderful plans. I bought a language
tape to teach me the basics of speaking Greek. Sherry bought more
luggage so that we could comfortably bring all our stuff. When the
day came for the trip we were totally ready. At least we thought we
were. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then things didn't go
exactly as planned. We quickly learned that hauling a trunk around
Greece was not in anyone’s best interests. My practiced Greek
didn't work out very well either. When I went to a ticket office to
buy a ferry passage to the Greek Island of Paros. The agent
misunderstood me and sold me a ticket to another Island named Poros.
So we ended up on the wrong island. However, when life hands you
lemons, make lemonade. It turned out Poros was a beautiful island
with incredible food, beautiful lemon groves, and some of the nicest
friendliest people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus was not the messiah
that John and most other Jews had dreamed of. They were visioning
someone quite different. They really did want a messiah who would be
like a king and wear fancy robes. Someone who might even operate out
of a palace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">But Jesus set John and the
others straight. He said very clearly and very often that he had not
come into the world to save the people <u>from</u> those worldly
hardships they faced. He had come to save us <u>for</u> a heavenly
and eternal kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus is doing the same
thing for us today. We will all face hardships in this world but
Jesus and his saving grace is here for our eternal souls. Listen to
him, Follow the path that Jesus has prepared for you and me. And,
know that he is the messiah.</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-65794873977600886162019-12-07T16:05:00.000-06:002019-12-07T16:05:01.361-06:00The End and the Beginning<img 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The Gospel</h2>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>esus said to the disciples, “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This is a new year on our
religious calendar. Advent is the beginning of the church year. For
those with inquisitive minds it is now year A. The church has year
A, B, and C. In year A most of our gospel readings come from the
gospel of Matthew. Year B is Mark and year C is Luke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So today we read Matthew
chapter 24. It is kind of ominous isn't it. Jesus is telling his
disciples that when the end times come there will be those left
behind and others will be taken up. He finishes this with a word of
caution by saying, “therefore you also must be ready, for the Son
of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.” Jesus made it clear that
he didn't know when that time would be and that none but the Father
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This whole prophesy of
the end of times did not get its start with Christianity. It is
Jewish in origin. The Jews believed that when the end of days came
the souls of those who had died would be reunited with the body and
they would live eternally. In this passage from Matthew, Jesus is
reminding them that it was going to happen and they had better be
ready. He did not know when it would be so they should live there
lives as if the end was immediate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In this weeks bible study
one of us asked a good question. He asked that when we die and go to
heaven do we also have to go through a second judgment during the end
of times. The answer is at best a murky one and I think it is
because many Jews believed that when someone died their soul would go
to a place called Sheol which was sort of a grey kind of existence.
It was not a place of wonder and joy but more a place of 'hanging on'
until the final end of days. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus tells us something
different. Jesus is telling us heaven is waiting for us at the time
of death. It is not necessary for us to exist in a spiritual no mans
land until the final end of days. He tells us it is paradise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As I said earlier, this is
advent and it is a time of waiting. We are not only waiting and
preparing for the end of days, we are also waiting and anticipating
the celebration of our savior Jesus Christ. We seem to be torn
between being somber and joyous at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Our service reflects that
as well. We start the service with a confession of sin and we sing
the Kyrie Eleison which translated means Lord have mercy. It is a
pentative and reflective way to start a service. Yet, at the very
beginning of the service we light the advent candle which is directly
related to the joyous anticipation of the birth of Jesus. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I look forward to
Christmas day and the days leading up to it. I love the songs and
the lights and the sense of fellowship that goes with the season. I
do cherish the time I get to spend with all of you as we worship
together as a church family. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This is a time of waiting
and reflection and it is also a time for us to love and share the joy
of celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus.</span></div>
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The Readings</h3>
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Old Testament</h2>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">W</span>oe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>. Therefore thus says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>.</div>
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The days are surely coming, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: "The <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> is our righteousness."</div>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">W</span>hen they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots to divide his clothing. The people stood by, watching Jesus on the cross; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."</div>
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One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This is Christ the King
Sunday. It makes sense to celebrate this Feast Day just before the
Advent season because Advent is not only a time when we look forward
to Christmas but we also look forward to the second coming of Christ
the King. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Christ the King Sunday had
an interesting beginning. In the early 1920's Pope Pious 11 was
greatly distressed that the world, especially Europe was becoming too
secular and nationalistic. People were getting too material and not
giving their spiritual lives the focus that those lives deserved.
They were no longer Christ centered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">He decided to create
Christ the King Sunday as a response to this concern and other
denominations, including ours, decided to follow suit. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I wonder what Pope Pious
would think of our world today, a hundred years later. Have we as a
nation improved. Are we more Christ centered and less nationalistic
than we were in the 1920's? I don't know for sure because I was not
alive then but I suspect things are going in the wrong direction.
The good news is that you are all here worshiping as a church family
on this day and I do believe that because we are here, our spiritual
lives are stronger. Jesus Christ has changed us. We have accepted
Him as our lord and king.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In the reading from
Jeremiah the prophet uses the metaphor of shepherd as a term for
kings who guide the people along the right path. He chastises these
kings for not doing their jobs. He says the sheep have wandered off
and are not following the right path. Along with a warning God tells
the people, <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Century Schoolbook L, Baskerville, serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">The
days are surely coming, says the </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: quot;">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Century Schoolbook L, Baskerville, serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">,
when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign
as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness
in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in
safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: "The
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</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Century Schoolbook L, Baskerville, serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">is
our righteousness." Jesus was from the House of David and we as
Christians believe he is the one who was promised by God to lead the
people along the right path.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Century Schoolbook L, Baskerville, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">In
our bible study last Tuesday the question was asked, Who are the
shepherds in your life and whom do you shepherd. So lets talk. How
would you answer this question?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Century Schoolbook L, Baskerville, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">In
the gospel reading Jesus is suffering the agony of death on the
cross. A plaque has been placed on the cross which says, 'king of
the Jews'. This in not my vision of a king but Jesus was not your
normal king. He was willing to sacrifice everything for his people.
He sacrificed everything for us and at the same time he forgives us
for our shortcomings just as he forgave the criminal who was
crucified with him.</span></span></span></span></div>
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gave us a model for how we should lead our lives. The question for
me is, am I following his lead by forgiving others and asking God's
forgiveness for all the mistakes I have made in my own life?</span></span></span></span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-31329123139386578682019-11-19T11:05:00.004-06:002019-11-19T11:05:55.976-06:00Keep the Faith: Last Sunday's Sermon<img 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The Readings</h3>
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Old Testament</h2>
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Isaiah 65:17-25</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">F</span>or I am about to create new heavens<br />
and a new earth; </div>
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the former things shall not be remembered<br />
or come to mind. </div>
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But be glad and rejoice forever<br />
in what I am creating; </div>
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for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,
and its people as a delight.</div>
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I will rejoice in Jerusalem,<br />
and delight in my people; </div>
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no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it,<br />
or the cry of distress.</div>
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No more shall there be in it<br />
an infant that lives but a few days, <br />
or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; </div>
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for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,<br />
and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.</div>
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They shall build houses and inhabit them;<br />
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.</div>
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They shall not build and another inhabit;<br />
they shall not plant and another eat; </div>
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for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,<br />
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. </div>
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They shall not labor in vain,<br />
or bear children for calamity; </div>
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for they shall be offspring blessed by the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>--<br />
and their descendants as well.</div>
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Before they call I will answer,<br />
while they are yet speaking I will hear. </div>
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,<br />
the lion shall eat straw like the ox; <br />
but the serpent-- its food shall be dust!</div>
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They shall not hurt or destroy<br />
on all my holy mountain, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>.</div>
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The Epistle</h2>
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-13</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">N</span>ow we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Luke 21:5-19</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">W</span>hen some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, Jesus said, "As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down."</div>
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They asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?" And he said, "Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, `I am he!' and, `The time is near!' Do not go after them.</div>
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"When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately." Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.</div>
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"But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. This will give you an opportunity to testify. So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your souls."</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The
reading from Isaiah is an upbeat message to the people that a corner
has been turned. They can return to Jerusalem from their exile and
their lives will be filled with joy! People will now live
extraordinarily long lives. They should not fear that they will be
forced out of their homes. What they plant, they will also be able
to harvest. There will be peace in the land. It will be so peaceful
that the wolf and the lamb will eat together. Frankly, I'm not sure
how either of these two creatures would feel about that. Things that
were once a threat will no longer threaten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The
stories we hear from the old testament are very up and down. There
seems to be a constant tension between God and the Jewish people. I
believe the writers of the old testament are being honest when they
tell of their rocky relationship with God. Many of us are much the
same. We want to do right by God but so often we fall short, just as
did the Jews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Paul in
his letter to the Thessalonians has found some of the early followers
of Jesus to come up short as well. He reprimands them by telling
them they are not pulling their own weight. Apparently it has become
quite distressing. Paul tells them, “Anyone unwilling to work
should not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness,
mere busybodies, not doing any work.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This
letter reminds me of my college days. I lived off campus and shared
housing with several housemates. It became clear that some of us had
a stronger work ethic than others and it resulted in a good deal of
grumbling in the places where I lived. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So, how
does this relate to us at St. Andrew's? I am pleased to tell you
that I have never met a group of people who were so willing to chip
in and help. Sometimes it makes me feel like such a slacker. Each
of you is doing God's work when you do so many of the things that
make St. Andrew's such a welcoming and loving place. Thank You!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In this
passage from Luke's gospel Jesus sounds a lot like an old testament
prophet. He prophesies that they are headed into bad times. The
temple which has stood for five hundred years will be torn down.
False messiahs will try to get followers. There will be wars and
insurrections Natural disasters will occur. Families and friends
will betray each other and some, if not most of his followers will be
put to death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And
then, finally there is some good news. Jesus tells them that they
will not perish because by their endurance they will gain their
souls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Its not
easy being human and it was frighteningly difficult in the time of
Jesus. Today, we still have wars and insurrections. We still have
natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and fires.
People still ridicule others because of their religion. False
prophets still abound. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Those
final words of Jesus in this passage will still carry us through
these difficult times. He tells us, “By your endurance you will
gain your souls.” His message is to keep the faith and do your
best to not stray from the path'; to love each other and show that
love by heeding the passage in Matthew 25: visit the sick, feed the
hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Remember,
we are all God's children and whatever we do for our brothers and
sisters, we have done to and for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen </span>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-77866125132571616952019-11-13T10:38:00.004-06:002019-11-13T10:38:50.675-06:00Heaven: Last Sunday's Sermon<img 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<br />The Reading</h3>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Luke 20:27-38</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">S</span>ome Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him a question, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her."</div>
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Jesus said to them, "Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive."</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Most of us want to be
remembered after we have died. We want to leave a legacy. In this
gospel reading Jesus is being grilled by the Sadducee's about some
'what if' occurrence. They wanted to give him a complicated problem
that could not really be resolved. It was important in the Jewish
culture that the male head of the household leave behind an heir so
it was the custom for a brother to marry the widow if no children had
been born of the marriage. I think that it implied that the legacy
of the deceased husband would continue in this way. The Sadducee's
were trying to trip Jesus up because they did not believe in the
afterlife in the first place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus was more clever than
these Sadducee's. He cut right to the chase. He tells them heaven
is not like that. He says those who are resurrected into the next
life neither marry or are given in marriage. He tells them that they
cannot die anymore and they are like angels. They are children of
God. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I think Jesus is also
telling them that they should stop concerning themselves about being
remembered. They should stop worrying about a legacy. They should
show love for each other in this world and that is enough. When you
show love for God and each other, people will remember and everything
will fall into place. You will be remembered on a much higher level
because by your love you will have advanced your brothers and sisters
both physically and spiritually. You will have truly changed the
world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There is nothing that God
cannot do and we need to remember that. I read an article the other
day that the pope had made a statement that it was now OK for Roman
Catholics to be cremated and have there ashes buried. I remember
growing up as a Roman Catholic that cremation was not allowed. The
pope did put in one caveat and that was that the ashes could not be
divided up as is frequently done and they could not be scattered. I
am assuming that it had something to do with the resurrection and the
difficulty that would ensue if the body had been caste to the wind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I remember when I was a
child I heard lots of stories of my grandfather. He was a well known
butcher here in Chariton and he accidentally cut off his thumb one
day while butchering. I was told he kept that thumb pickled in a jar
in our attic. I have to assume that when grandpa passed they took
his thumb and tucked it in his coffin so that when the resurrection
came grandpa would be resurrected with the thumb re-attached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As I said earlier there is
nothing God cannot do. Regardless of what you believe about the
resurrection, please remember that what happens to your body after
you die is not nearly as important as what you do with your body
while you live. When you die, your body will no longer be of use.
However, God will be there to take up your essence, your soul, and
you will be like the angels in heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Amen</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-16936134362663690752019-11-05T11:08:00.000-06:002019-11-05T11:08:07.241-06:00Zacchaeus the committed: Last Sunday's Sermon<img src="https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.lHdCWnhOLkvJNsfZchUw0wHaJ3&w=155&h=207&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Readings</h3>
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Old Testament</h2>
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Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">T</span>he oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.</div>
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O <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, how long shall I cry for help,<br />
and you will not listen? </div>
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Or cry to you "Violence!"<br />
and you will not save? </div>
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Why do you make me see wrong-doing<br />
and look at trouble? </div>
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Destruction and violence are before me;<br />
strife and contention arise. </div>
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So the law becomes slack<br />
and justice never prevails.</div>
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The wicked surround the righteous--<br />
therefore judgment comes forth perverted.</div>
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I will stand at my watchpost,<br />
and station myself on the rampart; </div>
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I will keep watch to see what he will say to me,<br />
and what he will answer concerning my complaint. </div>
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Then the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> answered me and said:</div>
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Write the vision;<br />
make it plain on tablets, <br />
so that a runner may read it. </div>
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For there is still a vision for the appointed time;<br />
it speaks of the end, and does not lie.</div>
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If it seems to tarry, wait for it;<br />
it will surely come, it will not delay. </div>
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Look at the proud!<br />
Their spirit is not right in them,<br />
but the righteous live by their faith.</div>
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The Epistle</h2>
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2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">P</span>aul, Silvanus, and Timothy,</div>
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To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</div>
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</div>
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We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of everyone of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.</div>
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To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.</div>
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The Gospel</h2>
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Luke 19:1-10</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">J</span>esus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner." Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much." Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost."</div>
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The Sermon</h3>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Habakkuk
is a minor prophet who lived and wrote around 600 BCE. This reading
starts out very mournfully. He writes, “Oh Lord, how long shall I
cry for help, and you will not listen, or cry to you violence and you
will not save.” This lament was written 2,600 years ago and it
still is asked: Why do bad things happen to good people? The answer,
if there is an answer, is still the same. We do not know. We do not
know the mind of God. We must have faith that whatever happens will
work out in one way or another in this life or the next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Paul
talks of faith in his letter to the Thessalonians. The words in this
letter that are the most heartening to me are these: “We must
always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right,
because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of everyone of
you for one another is increasing.” Paul is proud of his faith
community in Thessalonica. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The
bishop in his address to the state convention singled out you at St.
Andrew's and proudly spoke of you as a faithful church. He
especially spoke of your evangelism. He referred to his
conversations with you when he asked how you had decided to come to
our church. How you had freely spoken of your faith to your friends
and relatives and they became a part of our church family. It almost
got a little gushy at times. He in many ways used you as an example
of how a healthy church looks. You reach out to others to spread the
Good News.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
was spreading the Good News to whoever wanted to hear. Even those
who had climbed into trees. Zacchaeus was a tax collector. He was
more than just a tax collector. He was a chief tax collector which
means he had risen through the ranks of those whom the Jewish
community considered a pretty despicable group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The
Jewish community considered Rome to be an occupying invader of their
land and the people who collected taxes for them to be complicit in
that occupation. Not only that, but tax collectors were known to
collect more taxes than required and pocketing the difference. In
turn, tax collectors made themselves wealthy. Zacchaeus was one of
them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
made a radical move that day in calling up to Zacchaeus in the
sycamore tree and asking him to come down so that they could dine
together. Over dinner, Zacchaeus, commits to change his ways and to
make amends for his misdeeds. At that moment he is given salvation by Jesus. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
is reaching out to us as well. We have all been lost at times and
Jesus in ready for us to commit to making amends, to do what is
right, to ask for forgiveness and experience salvation through God's
saving grace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Being a
Christian is not about balancing the scales. It doesn't work that
way. I have done many regrettable things in my life and I would
guess all of us have. Our task is to be like Zacchaeus and reflect
on our sins and commit to making changes that bring us in a closer
relationship with God. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus
is inviting us to supper. He wants us to commit. Like Zacchaeus, he
offers us salvation.</span></div>
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The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-9236540530837961322019-10-28T14:09:00.002-05:002019-10-28T14:09:58.299-05:00Episcopal State Convention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sherry and I returned yesterday from the Iowa Episcopal Convention. I am always given nuggets of inspiration from these events. Before the convention began there was a clergy meeting on Friday at the undercroft of St. Paul's Cathedral with about seventy of us in attendance. Our guest speaker was Shane Claiborne. He is well known for his activism in the Philadelphis area, which means he has been arrested many times. He has written a book titled <u>The Irresistible Revolution</u> in which he recounts many of his experiences. It is a good and often inspiring read.<br />
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The new bishop from Nzara, South Sudan and his wife shared with us their stories. On the far left, Bishop Scarfe also gave us an inspiring and engaging talk that was peppered with his British wit and wisdom.<br />
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I will share more with all of you at next Sunday's service.<br />
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Blessings,<br />
Fr. Fred<br />
<br />The St. Andrew's Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917631104784366443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872475106313155387.post-488808081741473482019-10-22T11:10:00.002-05:002019-10-22T11:10:54.690-05:00Persistence and the Unjust Judge: Last Sunday's Sermon<img src="https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.yTbDzPDhvJ_AchbzBsgVzAHaE4&w=210&h=160&c=7&o=5&pid=1.7" /><div>
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The Readings</h3>
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<span class="initCap" style="font-size: larger;">T</span>he days are surely coming, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals. And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>. In those days they shall no longer say:</div>
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"The parents have eaten sour grapes,<br />
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But all shall die for their own sins; the teeth of everyone who eats sour grapes shall be set on edge.</div>
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The days are surely coming, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt-- a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the <span class="lordSmallCaps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.</div>
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In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.</div>
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Luke 18:1-8</h3>
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Persistence</div>
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In these readings we get a message that
God is with us and we should never think differently. That is not an
easy thing to do. There are times in our lives when it looks like
all is lost. During those times we must remember to keep the faith.
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Even though Jeremiah sometimes wears me
down with his gloom and doom, in this passage we read, “The days
are surely coming says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with
the House of Israel and the House of Judah....I will put my law
within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people. They will know me...I will
remember their sin no more.”</div>
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All through Jeremiah there is a tension
between God and his people, but another constant theme is that God
never abandons them. God never gives up. God is persistent.</div>
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In Paul's letter to Timothy he writes,
“I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message, be persistent whether
the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and
encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.” Paul was all
about spreading the word. He went from town to town and sometimes
the response was unfavorable. But, he never gave up. He was
persistent. That message of persistence rings true for us today.
While I was reflecting on these writings I looked over at the side of
my desk and I saw a box of business cards. I ordered those cards
about three years ago. I believe there were about 250 in the box
when I ordered them. Today, there are about ten left. I have been
persistent in handing them out. It is one small part of what I do to
proclaim the message. We are expected to, as followers of
Christianity, to talk about our faith, to be persistent.</div>
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In Luke Jesus tells us to not lose
heart. He tells the story of the persistent widow, who never gave up
and was eventually listened to by a hard hearted judge. Jesus
message to us is that God is not that kind of judge. God hears us
every time we pray.
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A relative and I were talking one day
about something that was troubling her and I recommended that she
pray to God about the matter. Her response was that God is way too
busy to spend time on trivial matters like hers. I think it is
important that we keep in mind what Jesus said in Luke Ch. 12 -7 that
the hairs on your head are all counted. We matter to God. When we
pray to God, God listens.</div>
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The Inter-church Council has a motto,
“We are the hands and feet of Christ in the here and now.” I
think God works through us to respond to the needs of others. When
we work at the food pantry we are often an answer to the prayers of
people who are hungry. Many times I have had people tell me that if
not for the food pantry they might not have made it.</div>
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It is often the simple acts of kindness
that each of you do that makes a difference in the lives of others.
You can be and often times are the answer to peoples prayers. It is
also our acts of persistence that makes a difference in peoples
lives. When we see injustice happening to others and we persistently
respond until there is change we are answering the prayers of those
in need.
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God wants us to not only be persistent
in our prayers but in our actions. When we stand up for what is just
we are answering God's call for us to love each other and to be there
when others are in need.
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