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47of74

(18,470 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 10:22 PM Sep 2013

Another timely Gospel reading

Anyone else think of what a certain political party did in regards to food stamps when today's Gospel reading was presented? (I checked and it was the same at least in both the Episcopal and Catholic Churches).

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Luke 16:13)


I seriously doubt it made any Republican squirm in their seats given the hardness of their hearts.
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Another timely Gospel reading (Original Post) 47of74 Sep 2013 OP
I felt the same way.. polmaven Sep 2013 #1
Episcopal here wryter2000 Sep 2013 #2
The first reading from Amos (8:4-7) was even more powerful UrbScotty Sep 2013 #3
We didn't get that one this past weekend in the Episcopal Church 47of74 Sep 2013 #5
It's not in Leviticus, nor was it written by Paul Thav Sep 2013 #4
They just like a few sentences in the New Testament 47of74 Sep 2013 #6

polmaven

(9,463 posts)
1. I felt the same way..
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 07:35 AM
Sep 2013

The Lectionary reading was the same in the United Methodist church..(Luke 16: 1-13). Our pastor read it from a modern English version, and I nearly stood up to cheer when she was finished.

UrbScotty

(23,987 posts)
3. The first reading from Amos (8:4-7) was even more powerful
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 10:41 AM
Sep 2013
http://origin.usccb.org/bible/readings/092213.cfm

Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
and destroy the poor of the land!
“When will the new moon be over,” you ask,
“that we may sell our grain,
and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?
We will diminish the ephah,
add to the shekel,
and fix our scales for cheating!
We will buy the lowly for silver,
and the poor for a pair of sandals;
even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!”
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Never will I forget a thing they have done!
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
5. We didn't get that one this past weekend in the Episcopal Church
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 05:27 PM
Sep 2013

Ours was this;

My joy is gone, grief is upon me,
my heart is sick.
Hark, the cry of my poor people
from far and wide in the land:
"Is the LORD not in Zion?
Is her King not in her?"
("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images,
with their foreign idols?&quot
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved."
For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt,
I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.
Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of my poor people
not been restored?
O that my head were a spring of water,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
so that I might weep day and night
for the slain of my poor people!
(Jeremiah 8:18-9:1)

Thav

(949 posts)
4. It's not in Leviticus, nor was it written by Paul
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 12:33 PM
Sep 2013

So therefore it is ignored. The only important parts of the Bible are a few passages from Leviticus, and a few passages that Paul wrote. Those pesky teachings of Jesus don't fit within their worldview.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
6. They just like a few sentences in the New Testament
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 05:35 PM
Sep 2013

Most of the text in their version has been redacted, especially that pesky stuff that is written in [font color="red"]red[/font].

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