Posts Tagged ‘Luke 7:11-17’
The Spirit’s Gift Continues – Br. Jonathan Maury
1 Kings 17:8-24; Psalm 146; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17
“Pentecost continues! Pentecost is most fundamentally a continuing gift of the Spirit;”
So begins “A Pastoral letter to the Episcopal Church” (2 June 2010) [https://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122615_ENG_HTM.htm], issued this past week by Presiding Bishop and Primate Katharine Jefferts Schori.
“Pentecost is most fundamentally a continuing gift of the Spirit, rather than a limitation or quenching of that Spirit,” writes the Primate. Her letter comes in response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion (28 May 2010) [https://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_122553_ENG_HTM.htm] concerning current struggles within the Communion. Bishop Katharine expresses concern that the text of that letter “seems to equate its understanding of the Spirit’s outpouring,” as she puts it, “with a single understanding of gospel realities. Those who received the gift of the Spirit on that day all heard good news,” Jefferts Schori continues. “The crowd reported, ‘in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power’ [Acts 2:11].” Read More
The Compassionate One – Br. David Vryhof
“The Lord saw her and had compassion…”
Luke 7:11-17
Imagine this scene as if you were watching it from the outskirts of the village of Nain:
A funeral procession winds its way through the center of the village and passes through the city gates, heading for the place outside its bounds where the dead were laid to rest. Read More
Commemoration of Dag Hammarskjöld – Br. Curtis Almquist
Luke 7: 11-17
In the calendar of the church we remember today Dag Hammarskjöld, the much beloved Swedish diplomat who was elected Secretary General of the United Nations in 1953. In the church calendar he is called “Servant of Peace,” having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. Read More