Sunday Links for August 14, 2022 – Pentecost 10
Aug.14, 11:00am – Eucharist
The peace Jesus has come to bring by establishing right relationships demands a complete revaluation and transformation of oneself and one’s relationships
This Week
Photos, Pentecost 10, Aug. 14, 2022
Pentecost 10, Aug. 14, 2022(full size gallery)
The Virgin Mary, Aug. 15
We celebrate her saint day on August 15.
Mary lived circa 18 BCE- 41 CE. She was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, the daughter of Joachim and Anne and the wife of Joseph, the carpenter. Little is known of her life except when it relates to Jesus life. She remained faithful to him through his death (when his disciples denied, betrayed, and fled), and even after his death, continued life in ministry with the apostles.
Bulletin, Aug. 14, 2022 – Pentecost 10
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Jonathan Myrick Daniel, Aug 14, 2022
Who Was Jonathan Daniels ?
Sunday is the anniversary of the arrest of seminarian Jonathan Myrick Daniel in 1965 at the height of the racial strife in Selma in 1965. Daniel was killed when he took a shotgun blast that was intended for a black female, Ruby Sales. It killed him instantly. Daniels’ life showed a pattern of putting himself in the place of others who were defenseless and in need.
Describing the incident, Dr Martin Luther King said that “one of the most heroic Christian deeds of which I have heard in my entire ministry was performed by Jonathan Daniels.”
Lectionary commentary Pentecost 10, August 14
I. Theme – The connection between speaking out for God and making enemies
National Cathedral – “Fire Window”
The lectionary readings are here or individually:
First Reading – Jeremiah 23:23-29
Psalm – Psalm 82
Epistle – Hebrews 11:29-12:2
Gospel – Luke 12:49-56
Today’s readings recognize the connection between speaking out for God and making enemies. In Jeremiah , God denounces those false prophets who tell lies in God’s name. The author of Hebrews urges believers to accept hardship as a divine aid to discipline. There are no guarantees that the faithful will thrive. They may be the objects of persecution and violence, but even in adverse situations, their hearts and minds are focused on God’s realm. This may minimize the emotional impact of persecution. Jesus warns that his ministry will bring a time of spiritual crisis.
When we ignore the poor, when we turn away from the cries of injustice in this world, we turn away from Jesus himself. In Jesus’ day, the religious hypocrites would claim to follow God’s ways but had no concern for the very ones God declared concern for through the prophets. To this day, we end up being concerned more about right belief and right doctrine than how we live out our faith. When we look to the prophets and to Jesus, we see God hearing the cries of the poor, the widows and the orphans. We see Jesus eating among the sinners and tax collectors and the prostitutes. We hear the rejection of Jesus by others being a rejection of God’s love for all people, but especially the marginalized and outcasts. This same rejection happens today—we fashion Jesus into being concerned about right belief, when Jesus seems clearly to be concerned with how we love one another. We continue to miss the mark, transforming a love for all, especially those on the margins, into a love for a few who are obedient to a set of rules.
In the maelstrom of conflicting positions and cultural divisions, Jesus challenges us to interpret the signs of the times. Awareness opens us to see the connection between injustice and violence and consumerism and ecological destruction. The causal network has a degree of inexorability: although we are agents who shape the world, we do reap what we sow.
Poem for the Week – “Kindness” – Naomi Shihab Nye
“Your Life Is a Poem. Growing up, the poet Naomi Shihab Nye lived in Ferguson, Missouri and on the road between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Her father was a refugee Palestinian journalist, and through her poetry, she carries forward his hopeful passion, his insistence, that language must be a way out of cycles of animosity.” She has been a poet for most of her life, sending out poems at age 7.
Listen to her read her poem, “Kindness”
Season of Creation – Reading and Discussion on Climate Change
The Season of Creation (Sept. 1-Oct. 4) will soon be upon us. The Bible speaks of a God who is not passive or distant, but active and involved in helping to make creation new. We need to understand our role in renewing creation through reducing our use of greenhouse gases which imperils our environment.
During the Season of Creation we would like to have a zoom discussion group around the book Goodside’s M.O.R.E Model for effective climate action. The book brings climate change issues to the forefront in basic, easy to understand language
The M.O.R.E, acronym stands for Measure. Offset, Reduce and Educate The idea is for you to develop your own plan for reduction of your use of greenhouse gases. Before we can consider reduction, there is some education required – why do we need to reduce ? Before we can reduce we have to measure our use of greenhouse gases to know how much we have to reduce. We also need some options with reduce, including offset. It all works together The key words are “you” “model” and climate action”. You need a plan of action and encourage others to do the same. We would like to cause a ripple effect .
The book is free to download.
Goodside’s M.O.R.E.
Let Catherine know – stpetersrev@gmail.com if you are interested in this discussion. Thanks! We will schedule based on the level of interest..
Gospel, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! “
This a shift of mood in the gospel from last week’s Luke 12:32-48. That passage begins with a beautiful theme of blessing for the crowd. “Do not be afraid, little flock” to this week’s “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!” Now there’s a shift !
When he is with the crowd, strangers and foreigners, he proclaims the Good News of God’s unconditional acceptance and universal compassion. When Jesus is with the disciples, his teaching is far more demanding and often blunt.