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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent by Br Mpumelelo

Let us pray: Make us to know Your Ways, O LORD JESUS CHRIST; teach us Your Paths. Lead us in Your Truth, and teach us, for You are the LORD of our Salvation; for You we wait all day long. Amen.

EVERY SOUL IS PRECIOUS TO GOD, EVEN YOURS! That is what the Gospel is trying to tell us this morning. The Pharisees and the Scribes are criticizing JESUS, because He received sinners. They are astounded that someone like JESUS would spend His time with “publicans and sinners.” They are stunned that He would receive such wicked and evil people. In response, JESUS tells them three parables. Each of these parables is designed to teach the same great truth: “Every soul is precious to GOD, even yours!”

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Reflection for Sunday 23 February 2025 – Epiphany VII – by Br Aelred

Sermons / Br Roger Stewart / February 26, 2025

Scripture Readings

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, our Strength and our Redeemer. Amen.

Today’s gospel passage continues from where last week’s passage stopped: Jesus teaching on the Beatitudes on a level place. In the passage before, that which we heard last week, Jesus was speaking to quite a large crowd, all those who came for healing and to listen to Him.

This week, however, He speaks to a much smaller crowd; I believe that there were people who heard the Beatitudes and thought, Jesus lost the plot, He has gone crazy, mad, and so they left and a few stayed behind.

Jesus starts off this week with the words, “I say to you that listen”, almost in a way saying, you think the Beatitudes was crazy, wait until you hear what I have to say next.

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