Sept 7, 2025, Pentecost 13 & Season of Creation 1
Pentecost 13 – The Cost of Discipleship & The Season of Creation 1
Lectionary Pentecost 13, Year C
Pentecost 13, Year C, September 7, 2025
Visual Lectionary Vanderbilt, Sept. 7, 2025
These four readings for Proper 18 (13th Sunday after Pentecost) share a unifying theme of radical choice and commitment to God’s way. Deuteronomy 30:15–20 sets before Israel the stark choice between life and death, blessing and curse, urging them to “choose life” by loving and obeying the Lord. Psalm 1 echoes this wisdom tradition, contrasting the flourishing of those who delight in God’s law with the emptiness of the wicked. Paul’s letter to Philemon embodies this choice in action: he appeals to Philemon to receive Onesimus not as a slave but as a beloved brother in Christ, embodying the costly obedience of love that transforms human relationships. In Luke 14, Jesus intensifies the call, insisting that discipleship requires wholehearted commitment—placing loyalty to him above family, possessions, and even one’s own life. Together, the texts invite us to see faith not as a casual affiliation but as a decisive path (a discipleship path) that reshapes priorities, relationships, and identity around God’s life-giving will.
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