Proper 28A
November 15, 2020
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ . . . therefore encourage one another and build up each other.
Matthew 25:14-15, 19-29 Weeping and gnashing of teeth
O God of our learning, grant us the wisdom, the strength and the courage to seek always and everywhere after truth, come when it may, and cost what it will.
Our Collect for today is one of my favorites and maybe yours too – a prayer in which we assert that all holy scriptures were caused to be written for our learning – the ones we love and the ones, well, not so much. We pray that we not just hear them, but that we read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them – for the purpose of holding fast to hope of union with the Holy One, which is another way of saying everlasting life. With some readings from scripture, I think, we need digestive aids – some spiritual bi-carb perhaps while we are learning.
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