The LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated.
In our reading from the Hebrew Scriptures this morning we heard about the death of Moses. God took him to a high place and showed him the “Promised Land.”
The LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated.
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In today’s gospel reading from Matthew we hear the Pharisees and the Herodians trying to entrap Jesus with a trick question, “Should the Jews pay tax to the emperor?” Jesus, in a very clever move, asks to see a coin. It has the emperor’s image on it. He then says, “Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and give to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus doesn’t advise them to pay the tax, and he doesn’t advise them not to pay the tax; he advises them to know the difference between the claims of the emperor and the claims of God.
Once again, welcome to everyone on this 2014 edition of Friends & Family Sunday, and the Dedication of the Chapel on the Commons. What an absolutely gorgeous day with a distinct feel of fall for our BBQ chicken luncheon following the service under the tent.
The Chapel on the Commons is the second major piece of the Commons at St. Cyprian’s. We have already installed almost 3,000 square feet on pavers with a labyrinth embedded in the design. We have just completed the Chapel on the Commons for outdoor services, weddings, baptism, and blessings of all kinds. Actually, yesterday was the Feast of St. Francis and today would have been the occasion for the Blessing of the Animals, but we decided on Friends & Family instead. Still to come as part of the Commons is a trellis gate at the entrance off Martin Luther King Avenue, a Prayer Wall between the large cedar tree at the east end on the Commons and the south side of the church, and then completing the landscaping. We are pleased at the progress we have made and grateful to all of you who have contributed to making this possible. |
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