Homily for the seventh Sunday after Pentecost – A Sunday of marriages and divorces
Psalm 85:8-13 - Restoration through holy matrimony
Psalm 24 - Lift up your the gates in your heads
Mark 6:14-29 - Off with her head!
Ephesians 1:3-14 - Dearly Beloved we are gathered here today ...
Amos 7:7-15 - Being a true priest without pedigree
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 - Bringing the Groom to the bride
Psalm 123 - The scorn of the indolent rich
Psalm 48 - Becoming a citadel to Yahweh
Mark 6:1-13 - Be careful who you reject
2 Corinthians 12:2-10 - The thorn of the messengers of Satan in one's flesh
Ezekiel 2:1-5 - Taking a message of Yahweh to those who ruin souls
2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 - Realizing why David decided to make Jerusalem his city
Psalm 30 - Do you call your spouse by general title or specific name?
Lamentations 3:21-33 - Being God's mouth on earth
Psalm 130 - A song of ascents for those souls fallen in battle
Mark 5:21-43 - Do not fear, only believe
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 - A marriage that makes Jesus one's Lord, as a Christ resurrected within
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24 - Of life and death
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 – The Song of the Bow