9 Pentecost Gen. 32:22-31 [Is. 55:1-5] Ps. 17:1-7, 16 [Ps. 145:8-9, 15-22] Rom. 9:1-5 Matt. 14:13-21 Speaking the truth in Christ, St. Paul reveals his anguish over “my kindred according to the flesh” who have not received the message of Jesus Christ. “I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ … [Read more...] about 8/2 Readings: The God of All Nations
Archives for July 27, 2020
Healthcare with Hardships in Gaza
By Kirk Petersen The two million people of the Gaza Strip have lived through three wars since 2007, when Hamas took control of the government. It’s a place of crowded conditions and devastating poverty, with a history of religious conflict. Any Jewish people who once lived there are long gone, and the Christian population is estimated at about 1,000 people. Nearly all the … [Read more...] about Healthcare with Hardships in Gaza
A Good Authority
By James Cornwell Reading from the Gospel of Matthew, 27:24-3124 So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” 25Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”26 So he released … [Read more...] about A Good Authority