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SUNDAY, June 13 3 Pentecost
Luke 7:36-8:3. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.
Jesus was at table at the home of a Pharisee. A woman known to be a sinner came in, bathed Jesus' feet with her tears, dried them with her hair, kissed and then anointed them with costly ointment. The Pharisee thought Jesus would realize her sinfulness and avoid her. Instead, Jesus pointed out in contrast that the Pharisee had not offered him any water to wash off the dirt. "Her sins...have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love."
Duty can guide us in moments of temptation; laws can instruct us in the conduct that God desires and the world needs. But what can reach our wills and get action is grateful love born of forgiveness.
How can we live like saints, as the real friends of Jesus? How can we help God's kingdom to come?
A former missionary to China tells of an elderly man who came asking for baptism. The missionary asked why he sought to change his faith. The answer was: "My religion instructs my head; yours makes the feet go."
The secret of the saints is the grateful love that lives to proclaim the great things God has done for us. (1947)
PRAY for The Anglican Church of the Province of Myanmar and the Diocese of Yangon (Burma)
Ps 5:1-8 and 1 Kings 21:1-10(11-14)15-21a –OR– Ps 32 and 2 Sam 11:26-12:10, 13-15; Galatians 2:15-21
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For Jesus, the world turns on points of the love of God.