In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
Life around the World
13th Sunday after Pentecost, 08 Sep 2019 -Luke 14:25-33 ~ Give up everything…
“Choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life.”
12th Sunday after Pentecost, 01 Sep 2019 -Lk 14:1, 7-14, ~ invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
“invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward. Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”
11th Sunday after Pentecost, 25 Aug 2019 – Luke 13:22-30 ~ “Lord, will only a few be saved?”
“Note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then.”
10th Sunday after Pentecost, 18 Aug 2019 – Luke 12:49-56 ~ “I have come to set the world on fire….”
Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other! From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.
9th Sunday after Pentecost, 11 Aug 2019 – Luke 12:32-40 ~ Ready and waiting!
“Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast.”
8th Sunday after Pentecost, 04 Aug 2019 – Luke 12:13-21 ~ Live with eternity in mind.
“Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
7th Sunday after Pentecost, 28 Jul 2019 – Luke 11:1-13 ~ Persist in Prayer.
“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
