Reflecting on the fourth sunday after epiphany (part 1)

Where we have come from: 

readings for Sunday 2nd February (Fourth Sunday after Epiphany)

Micah 6:1-8 

Psalm 15 

I Corinthians 1:18-31 

Matthew 5:1-12 

Readings for Today (Mon., Feb. 3)

Psalm 37:1-17 

Ruth 1:1-18 

Philemon 1-25 

Thought for Today

We might view these three readings as case studies in three of the beatitudes. Psalm 37.1-17 a meditation on the meek who will inherit the earth. Ruth as a story of mourning women who nonetheless find God's blessing. And Paul writing a carefully worded letter as a peacemaker between Philemon and Onesimus. 

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