There are some very timely thoughts in Father David's homily on yesterday's Gospel lesson, Luke 13:1-9:
At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them--do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did."
What I Say: Father David is a brilliant man, a fine speaker; but his thoughts today leave us up in the air. Christianity, in my view, is not so incomprehensible as he seems to suggest. There are mysteries and imponderables; but the essential message of Christ seems clear and plain to me: trust in God and do good, loving your neighbor as yourself. This message was also given by the Hebrew prophets: What doth God require of thee, O man, but to do justly and love mercy and walk humbly with thy God?
Here is a favorite psalm of your Head Trucker's which also bears a timely message for us today. The painting beautifully illustrates the storm recorded in Luke 8:22-25.
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