What jumps out at me from today’s Isaiah reading is that every one of us is redeemable, and the way to be redeemed is to seek justice, rescue the oppressed, and defend the orphan. No fancy hoops to find and jump through, no special doctrines to memorize, no secret codes, just help the most vulnerable people you can find.
Namaste! Amen!
The Readings
Isaiah 1:10,16-20
Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the teaching of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
learn to do good;
seek justice,
rescue the oppressed,
defend the orphan,
plead for the widow.
Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be like snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Psalm 50:8-9,16bc-17,21,23
Matthew 23:1-12
The reading is from the website below.
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