#epiphany 6c

We’re all in this togetherEpiphany 6C  |  Luke 6:17-26 drewdowns · Blessed by default (Epiphany 6C) I took German in high school, which was forever ago, but I still remember that first year vocab list had Gesundheit on it. Besides being one of the German words most familiar to me, I became very attached to its wish. Gesundheit means “good health” and you say it when someone sneezes. Achoo!…

This Week: Epiphany 6C Gospel: Luke 6:17-26 When digging into a passage, I always like to start with the context, and for us, this week’s passage comes immediately after Jesus names several of his disciples (twelve to be exact) as apostles. This is a whole thing that is worth delving into, but primarily because it is something so alien to our way of thinking, I suppose. And it sets up the…

image For Sunday  Epiphany 6C Collect O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever…

In our lessons today, we have heard much about blessings and curses based on the one you trust. We often think that the only thing that matters is having trust, but the reality is that your trust is only as good as the one in whom you trust is placed. On top of that, we have to contend with a deceitful heart! What is one to do? Father Jeremiah takes us through these passages from Jeremiah 17.5-10, Psalm 1, Luke 6.17-26, and 1 Corinthians 15. 12-20 to help us understand where we are going in this world.

Image: The Sermon on the Mount, Gustave Doré. Public Domain. Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dore_Bible_Sermon_on_the_Mount.jpg

Two Kingdoms – The challenge at the heart of Jesus’s sermon on the plain

In the blessings and woes, Jesus challenges us to see things in a different way: to write a different ending to the story. Epiphany 6C  |  Luke 6:17-26 Power. We certainly associate power with Jesus. Obviously he has to have some juice to be able to heal people.  At the beginning of chapter 6, Jesus is healing a man’s withered hand in a synagogue. He’s making miracles and healing all…