Welcome to our Worship for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 13, 2021.
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!
The Readings:
Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92:1-4, 11-14; 2 Corinthians 5:6-17; Mark 4:26-34
In the story from Ezekiel we hear the messianic allegory of the cedar, with the beginning and concluding portions of Psalm 92, which praises God’s fidelity and likens the righteous to a flourishing tree in creation. There are clear thematic connections between Ezekiel and the Gospel story, which tells two parables of growth: the seed growing secretly and the mustard seed – the smallest of seeds. A note of confidence is sounded in the second Letter to the ancient church in Corinth, as Paul opens the veil of his apostolic self-understanding.
Questions for Reflection:
Paul teaches the Corinthian Community that, “if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see everything has become new!” (2 Cor. 5:17). As you have lived into your life of faith, being in Christ, what old things are no more? What new things have been created in you?
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