Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 19, 2021
The sinful heart is filled with bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, which causes hostility, quarrels, and conflicts, even among those who are fellow members of the Body of Christ. This should not be so! Rather, God opposes the proud with His Law, to humble towards repentance; He gives grace to the humble, to exalt them by His Gospel of forgiveness. This true wisdom from above is found in the gentleness, mercy and peace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who humbled Himself and sacrificed Himself for the salvation of sinners. He was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter, committing Himself to God, His Father, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind.
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