- This Sunday
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 ~ Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany & World Relief Campaign kickoff Sunday
10 a.m. ~ Main Chapel, Rev. James A. Wetzstein preaching and presiding
This Sunday:
Today’s Gospel reading contains a number of unresolved textual problems. In most English translations these problems are solved in a manner that is consistent with our perceptions of Jesus as welcoming and desiring to heal. This approach may not, however, be consistent with the best reading of the text. The text, with the controversial elements is as follows:
A leper came to him begging him, [and kneeling] he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’ MOVED WITH PITY/MOVED WITH ANGER, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. After sternly warning him/With indignation toward him he sent him away at once/drove him away, saying to him, ‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.’ But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter. —Mark 1:40-45
The centrality of ordinary water as the means of God’s healing creates a nice connection this year’s World Relief Campaign, “Kenya Dig It? –a well for wellness” which starts today. The Chapel’s social justice ministry, SALT, is leading the University community to fund the construction of a well at the Friends Lugulu Hospital in Kenya in partnership with “Vision for Kenya,” an American organization run by Kenyan expatriates who are committed to improving access to rural health care in Kenya. The project’s goal is $14,000.Prayer of the Day:
Almighty and ever-living God, with mercy you look upon our weaknesses. Stretch out your wondrous hand to protect us from danger and restore us to health, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Sunday Evening
Candlelight Evening Prayer is held at 10 p.m. in the Main Chapel when classes are in session. Rev. Charlene Cox preaches.
Additional Sundays and special services to come
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Agnus Day
Agnus Day is a weekly cartoon drawn by Pr. James Wetzstein, usually based on Sunday's gospel reading. It is updated on this site on Wednesdays.
