August 21, 2022 Trinity 10 The Sunday Jesus Weeps & Clears the Temple
Trinity 10
Luke 19:41-48
August 21, 2022
“More Tears & More Prayer”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Jesus was on His way into Jerusalem (this is on Palm Sunday) and He stops to cry bitterly (the word suggests many tears and lamentations like you see people at a funeral and not just one little tear). And He says, “If only you’d known what would give true peace, but you don’t.” He cries for those who don’t believe.
We’re pretty good in this church about praying for people who are physically sick, that is, their physical bodies aren’t well. Most churches are good at that and we absolutely should be. We’re more than happy to pray for people who aren’t members of our church, relatives or members of the community, who are physically sick. Usually it’s cancer but other things as well. For instance, today we’re actually giving thanks for ————–, a pastor a ——-, another church here in town. He said we could take him off our list as he’s doing quite well after a very successful surgery and treatments. We’re also praying for ————, who has cancer.
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