A
Poem a Sunday
Proper 23B/Ordinary 28B/Pentecost 21
October 14, 2018
October 14, 2018
ST. Mark
10:17-31 - NRSV
The Rich Man
17 As
he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked
him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus
said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You
know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery;
You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud;
Honor your father and mother.’” 20 He said to him, “Teacher, I have
kept all these since my youth.” 21 Jesus, looking at him, loved him
and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money[a] to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven; then come, follow me.” 22 When he heard this, he was shocked
and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
23 Then
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those
who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples
were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how
hard it is[b] to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It
is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is
rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 They were greatly astounded and
said to one another,[c] “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus
looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for
God all things are possible.”
28 Peter
began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus
said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or
sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake
of the good news,[d] 30 who will not receive a hundredfold
now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields,
with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many
who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Footnotes:
- Mark 10:21 Gk
lacks the money
- Mark 10:24 Other
ancient authorities add for those who trust in riches
- Mark 10:26 Other
ancient authorities read to him
- Mark 10:29 Or gospel
A
Poem a Sunday
Pentecost
21 – B
October
14, 2018
Privilege
(To
be sung with gusto
and a
beer in hand)
It’s me, It’s me,
It’s me, O Lord,
An entitled white
Christian.
It’s me, It’s me,
It’s me, O Lord
A charter member at
your gates.
It’s me, It’s me,
It’s me, O Lord,
Singing praise
songs with a smiling face.
It’s me, It’s me,
It’s me, O Lord,
Knowing I deserve
your grace.
It’s me, It’s me,
It’s me, O Lord,
Keeping my neighbor
in her place.
It’s me, It’s me,
It’s me, O Lord
An entitled white
Christian.
“…and
[he] went away grieving,
for
he had many possessions."
[Silence]
It's me, It's me,
It's me, O Lord,
Standin' in the need of prayer.
[Silence]
It's me, It's me,
It's me, O Lord,
Standin' in the need of prayer.
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2018 @Kenn Storck
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kennstorck@gmail.com
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