25th September 2022 Year C – Pentecost 16 “You Can’t Take it with You”
What to do with a car door!
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How we care for God’s environment and live out our faith day by day was a responsibility given to us by God. Do not grow weary in doing what is right – there is no retirement for Christians
Lent is a season of repentance and lament. Christians convince
themselves they are good people and of good moral perfection.
“Holiness”, is not about the absence of sin, but a significant heightened awareness of sin.
In the awareness of our frailty before God and of our sin; the more we experience God’s saving grace and the abundant generosity of God in our lives.
Today’s reading is a wake up call! Seeking the wrong things in life will do you no good!
Luke’s version of the Beatitudes is challenging us to live a life against the grain of our society and to see things differently.
The Kingdom of God is the reverse of the earthly kingdom we live in. It seeks to level the playing field.
The Pakistani lady, Jamila, talked of in this message, did not focus on our differences.
We have a choice, to hold onto our assumptions, or to embrace new and deeper relationships.
Peter’s vision calls us to step beyond our boundaries and brace new relationships.
God’s grace has no boundaries.
Life is what happens to us all while we are making other plans. Life is also a gift from God. We have to be open to the voice of a stranger and practice paying attention
Being women, Mary and Elizabeth would have not been more than ‘homemakers’ in the culture of that day.
Mary sang a song which presented a new set of values – she was referring to what Jesus would do in His later Ministry.
In 2024 out culture still thinks of Christmas as being a story about a baby – not about Jesus, who God is and who you and I are invited to be – this is what Mary sang about.