9 Jul 2021
We Need More than a Plastic Stethoscope
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For 9 July 2021, Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 10:16-23
Jesus said to his apostles, ‘See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
09 July 2021 @ 10:29 pm
Great preaching Deborah! Thank you
10 July 2021 @ 12:47 am
Thank you for a ” new” perspective. Definitely, something to consider/ponder….
10 July 2021 @ 1:58 am
Loved your reflection, Deb! We are all in this transforming work together. I go into my day with a stethoscope on my own heart to check myself in right thinking and acting for the sake of the kin-dom of God.
10 July 2021 @ 5:58 am
Deb you ARE a doctor bring healing words (even if we don’t like them they are good medicine for us) so use that mallet and the stethoscope, I mean your voice and the Word of. God to continue your healing ministry. Maybe not MD, but a brilliant DMin !!!
11 July 2021 @ 5:49 am
Thanks, Honora! And I wouldn’t be any kind of DMin whatsoever without your teaching and mentoring!
11 July 2021 @ 5:54 am
True, Sr. Theresa. It’s tempting for me to only listen to everyone else’s heartbeat (oops).
11 July 2021 @ 5:56 am
Many thanks, Dietgard. This has definitely been on my mind.
11 July 2021 @ 5:56 am
Thank you for listening, Gene. I am definitely preaching what I myself need to hear.