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Year C Proper 5: A Sermon for #WearOrange Sunday
A boy died in Zarephath, and his mother and Elijah cried out to God in anger at the injustice, in bitterness at the waste of life, saved by a miracle and spent so soon. Another mother’s son died in Nain, … Continue reading
Year C Proper 5: if I make my bed in the grave
The fact that the stories we hear today, which echo one another so clearly that these two women might have been related, one the great-great grandmother of the other, a sister several times removed; the fact that these stories revolve … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Kings 17:17-24, Biblical widows, Elijah, Jesus, Luke 7:11-17, Megan McKenna, psalm 139, Psalm 146, raising the dead, widow of Nain, widow of Zarephath
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Miracles
“He went to a town called Nain, and hid disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Office, faith, Jesus, lectionary, Luke 7:1-17, miracle, Resurrection, widow of Nain
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