This is our last Sunday of Pentecost Season, the Sunday before our national holiday of Thanksgiving, and a week before Advent begins in our countdown to Christmas. Turkeys are selling fast, shopping centers are already decorating for Christmas, the Lights of St. Augustine were lit last night, families are already buying trees, and the big box stores are all set for Black Friday.
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This is our last Sunday of Pentecost Season, the Sunday before our national holiday of Thanksgiving, and a week before Advent begins in our countdown to Christmas. Turkeys are selling fast, shopping centers are already decorating for Christmas, the Lights of St. Augustine were lit last night, families are already buying trees, and the big box stores are all set for Black Friday.
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A few years ago Caren and I toured southern England and visited lots of churches … many of them cathedrals. One night we stayed in lodging within the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral … literally in the shadow of Canterbury Cathedral … the home church of the Anglican Communion. Another night our hotel room was next to the River Avon … with swans swimming in its calm waters … and we looked out over the river at the tallest church spire in all of England … that of Salisbury Cathedral. As a matter of fact, we saw so many cathedrals the tour took on the nickname of ABC … Another Beautiful Cathedral. Sermon by The Rev. Deena M. Galantowicz
Printer-Friendly Version Oh my! Sometimes I look at the Lectionary and just sigh. What? These are the Bible readings that scholars have chosen for this day!? Well…so be it…Here we go. Stay with me! Because, honestly this morning I really think we can find a thread running through all our Scripture readings; I think we can interpret each one as a call to us to make a vital and strong response to God. Let me share how I came to that. Printer-Friendly Version
Last week our gospel lesson was about a parable that Jesus told of a Pharisee and a tax collector praying in the Temple. This week we hear about another tax collector … or is it the same one? This week’s tax collector is named Zacchaeus and he is a “chief tax collector” in Jericho. Last week’s tax collector was praying in the Temple in Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Jericho are about 16 miles apart … could they be they be the same person? |
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