TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST—Proper 25
October 23, 2022
AS WE GATHER
After church, after school, or after work, each day concludes with the comfort, relief, and peace of going home. Our daily experience is a picture of our spiritual journey. After the toil and trouble, the challenges and the joys, and perhaps the sufferings and disappointments of our lives, the Christian looks forward to the comfort, relief, and peace of going home to our heavenly, eternal home. This hope and goal, however, is only for those who humbly confess their sin and receive eternal life as it is, namely, a gift of God provided by the saving work of Jesus Christ.
Bible Readings
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Genesis 4:1-15
(Cain and Abel)
EPISTLE READING: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
(The crown of righteousness)
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 18:9-17
(The Pharisee and the Tax Collector)