16Thus says the Lord… 18Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. 19I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Audio reading and sermon (http://sunshinecathedral.org/sermons/audio/20100321_6.mp3)
16Thus says the Lord… 18Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. 19I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Audio reading and sermon (http://sunshinecathedral.org/sermons/audio/20100321_6.mp3)
Listen to Readings and Sermon Lent 5 The Good News Written Psalm 126.3-6 (The Inclusive Bible, Priests for Equality): Yes — [the Eternal] has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Now set our captive hearts free, [O God!] Make them like streams in the driest desert! Then those who now [...]
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Lent 5
The Good News Written
Psalm 126.3-6 (The Inclusive Bible, Priests for Equality):
Yes — [the Eternal] has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Now set our captive hearts free, [O God!] Make them like streams in the driest desert! Then those who now sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy; those who go out weeping as they carry their seed for sowing will come back with shouts of joy as they carry their harvest home.
Barbara De Angelis:
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”
John 12.1-8 (NRSV)
1Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany… 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” 6(He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7Jesus said… 8You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
The Good News Proclaimed
Preached by the Reverend Doctor Durrell Watkins at the Sunshine Cathedral on Sunday, March21, 2010.
Today’s Gospel story is PROGRESSIVE. We see Mary, Martha, and Lazarus living together, entertaining Jesus. Three unmarried adults, living together as a family. Whatever did people think?
Oh, don’t be silly, Durrell, they were siblings; no one would have thought a thing about it. Really? Three unmarried, childless, middle aged adults move into the neighborhood, and no one raises an eyebrow? Just how are these three people a family?
Maybe they are just friends and who have formed fictive kinships, a Three’s Company situation. We call nuns sister, and priests father… communities of people who choose to live or worship together have been known to call each other sister and brother, Father and Mother. Continue reading »
