Be of Good Cheer, Your Sins Are Forgiven! Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity Matthew 9:1–8 And getting into a boat [Jesus] crossed over and came to His own city. And behold, some people brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take heart, My son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why…
Rescued from the Fiery Pit St. Michael & All Angels (Artwork of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, late 3rd century/early 4th century) Daniel 3:16–28 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be…
Jesus, the Lord, Gives Living Hope Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity (Pr. Ken Mellon) Luke 7:11–17 Dear People loved by God in Christ, How important is it for us to have hope? It depends on what we are hoping for. We may hope to do well on a test or with work, but we aren’t always as ready as we think. That hope is in something uncertain. Biblical hope is different. It is a confidence in God’s promised blessings won by…
Content in Christ Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity Matthew 6:24–34 [Jesus said:] “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than…
