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Reaching out to the least, the lonely, and the lost

Holy Communion Service at Friendship South

2nd and 4th Sundays, 2:30 pm

Thoughts from the Lectionary: The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

From the Gospel Lesson: St. Luke 7:11-17

The event listed in this passage of Holy Scripture follows hard upon the healing of a Centurion’s servant. A display of faith that Christ Himself called unique. The day after this He is entering a city called Nain (which means pleasant or lovely) and, as He enters, is met by a funeral party exiting the city. The deceased was a man who by all we can gather had died in his prime and quite young leaving his widowed mother in what would likely be a destitute state. Jesus sees the woman and having pity on her tells her not to be dismayed. He then does something that is quite a bit more than it seems. He touches the funeral bier. In the Jewish mind to touch the dead was to become unclean but in this case the opposite occurs. Christ, being God in flesh, conquers the corruption of death demonstrating His divine authority over it. The young man springs to life and even speaks. Jesus then delivers him back to his mother to the joy of all who were there to witness the event.

Apart from Christ we lie on the bier of death in our sin. But Christ deigns to touch our corruption and give us life that He may live in us and we in Him. Rejoice in the life giving Grace of God in Christ.

Blessings,

Fr. Duane+