The Preaching Moment

Tenth Sunday After Pentecost - August 14th, 2022

August 16, 2022 The Reverend Suzanne Weidner-Smith
The Preaching Moment
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost - August 14th, 2022
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THE GOSPEL                               
Luke 12:49-56

‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided:
 father against son
    and son against father,
 mother against daughter
    and daughter against mother,
 mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
    and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’ 

He also said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, “It is going to rain”; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, “There will be scorching heat”; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

The Gospel of the Lord.

People:                  Praise to you, Lord Christ.