Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost; 4 September 2022; Proper 18C (RCL); Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33.
Oof! I wonder if the designers of the lectionary assigned this reading from Luke’s Gospel on a Sunday they knew would usually fall on Labor Day weekend, when crowds would be slim. Whoever does not hate father and mother, wife and children . . . cannot be my disciple — not a message that will go down smoothly, especially when contrasted to what we think of as the new commandment to love.
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