Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 AM - HOLY EUCHARIST
DEAN JUDITH A. SULLIVAN , Presider & Preacher
Sunday, September 26, 2010 - SCRIPTURE LESSONS
AMOS 6:1a, 4-7. This passage contains one of the sternest of the prophecies of Amos against the economic injustices of his time. He condemned those who live in ease while the rest of the people suffer great privation.
PSALM 146. Another of the psalms declaring the sovereignty of God in human affairs called for trust in God as the only true security. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-19. To conclude this pastoral letter, this church leader pointed out that security could be found in godliness and contentment, not in wealth. The great example for Timothy as for us was Jesus Christ.
LUKE 16:19-31. This parable has sparked some controversy due to its forceful attitude toward wealth and poverty. The futility of dependence on wealth to the neglect of the poor is as strongly stated here as anywhere in scripture. The story clarifies God’s sense of economic values as distinct from what we might call common sense.
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Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
15 Apr, 2010 — Daniel Tomko
