Sermon for The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, 2024

Beloved, you must see this parable with the blessed eyes of faith. For if you do not, you will only stand condemned by the Law of God, and rightly so. Yet when you do, you find in Christ the One who has had compassion on you, who heals your sin-inflicted wounds, and who gives you all that you need for life and salvation. Receiving, joyfully, His mercy all the days of your life, then, and only then, you may yourself turn and go out into the world and do for others as He has done for you. Or, in Jesus' own words, “Go and do thou likewise.”

Readings:

• Old Testament: 2 Chronicles 28:8-15

• Epistle: Galatians 3:15-22

• Holy Gospel: Luke 10:23-37

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