Reflecting on the 23rd Sunday in ordinary time

Where we are have come from(readings for Sunday 8th September):

Deuteronomy 30.15-20

Psalm 1

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14.25-33

Readings for today

Psalm 101

2 Kings 17:24-41  1 Timothy 3:14 — 4:5

thought for today

One extreme to the other: the peoples of other nations brought to Israel by the assyrians half heartedly worship the Lord, but also continue other pagan practices, while, 700 years later, some church groups introduce unnecessarily strict rules into the church community. Somewhere between this is the road God wants us to walk.

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