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Sermon for October 24, 1999
Pentecost 20 A

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The following are the Scripture readings as scheduled in the "Revised Common Lectionary," an ecumenical schedule of readings of Holy Scripture. Our sermons are based on these readings.




Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Pentecost 20 10/24/99 (Year A)


Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the LORD showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain--that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees--as far as Zoar. The LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there." Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day.
Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended. Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the LORD had commanded Moses. Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face. He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.

This is the Word Of The Lord!
Thanks be to God!

Pentecost 20

Psalm 90

1 O Lord, you have been our refuge throughout every generation. 2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. You are God from everlasting to everlasting. 3 You turn mortals back into dust and say, Return, descendants of Adam. 4 Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterdayalready past like an hour in the night. 5 You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass. 6 In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up. 7 Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us. 8 You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence. 9 Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh. 10 Each of us lives for 70 years or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them bring trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away. 11 Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury. 12 Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom. 13 Return, LORD! How long ? Change your plans about us, your servants. 14 Satisfy us every morning with your mercy so that we may sing joyfully and rejoice all our days. 15 Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil. 16 Let us, your servants, see what you can do. Let our children see your glorious power. 17 Let the kindness of the Lord our God be with us. Make us successful in everything we do. Yes, make us successful in everything we do.

Pentecost 20 (Year A)

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

This is the Word Of The Lord!
Thanks be to God!

Matthew 22:34-46
Pentecost 20 (Year A)


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