14 Sep 2021
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For 14 September 2021, , based on Numbers 21:4b-9
From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.’ Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord to take away the serpents from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.’ So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.
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.
14 September 2021 @ 11:11 pm
Your preaching for today touched me deeply. Thank you!
15 September 2021 @ 1:43 am
Dear Deborah,
May our loving God continue to bless your excellent preaching of the Word of God. Your insights into the Gospel on this Feast of the “Exaltation of the Holy Cross†deepened my love of Jesus and challenged me to be more selfless.
Gratefully,
Sr. Brigid Cannon, OP
15 September 2021 @ 8:57 am
Who ever thought something positive could ever come from a “serpent”. Thank you for inspiring me to always walk with Jesus and let Him lead the way.
16 September 2021 @ 3:24 am
Thanks, Jane! Greetings to you and all the saints in SLO!
16 September 2021 @ 3:25 am
Brigid, thank you. (And by the way, you have such a ministry of affirmation at theWord–thanks for that, too!)
16 September 2021 @ 3:27 am
Thanks, Mary Ellen. Those words were what I needed to hear, so I’m glad to know that they spoke to you, too.