Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost; 12 November 2023; Proper 27A (RCL); Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; Psalm 78:1-7; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13.
Matthew likes closed doors. I’m surprised that he didn’t add weeping and gnashing of teeth to this story for the five foolish bridesmaids. A wedding of course recalls the story of the king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and when those he invited wouldn’t come, he burned their city, and then threw out to poor guy who didn’t dress according to code. In that story, there was weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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