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What was the topic of the sermon at the last service you went to?

I’m Muslim so I went on Friday, and the topic was proper etiquette when listening to the Friday sermon. 😃 We’re supposed to be paying attention, right? So can we remember what was discussed? How does it apply to our lives this week? Will it change us and make us better? Remind us to do good?

Just post it here! What was the sermon about? Or if you use a different word for a worship service lecture, please share. 🙂

Today I also went to a lecture that was linguistic commentary on the Qur’an–the speaker spent about 20 minutes talking about how some Muslims are totally crazy and limiting their perspective by trying to “abrogate” the Qur’an, and ignore big chunks of it, and that non-Muslims have a clever way of discrediting honest mainstream Muslims who speak out. It’s a word I read a lot on this forum, but I wasn’t surprised at all that neither sister sitting beside me had ever heard of it. Most Muslims haven’t.

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Sister_Amy said:
What was the topic of the sermon at the last service you went to?

I’m Muslim so I went on Friday, and the topic was proper etiquette when listening to the Friday sermon. 😃 We’re supposed to be paying attention, right? So can we remember what was discussed? How does it apply to our lives this week? Will it change us and make us better? Remind us to do good?

Just post it here! What was the sermon about? Or if you use a different word for a worship service lecture, please share. 🙂

Today I also went to a lecture that was linguistic commentary on the Qur’an–the speaker spent about 20 minutes talking about how some Muslims are totally crazy and limiting their perspective by trying to “abrogate” the Qur’an, and ignore big chunks of it, and that non-Muslims have a clever way of discrediting honest mainstream Muslims who speak out. It’s a word I read a lot on this forum, but I wasn’t surprised at all that neither sister sitting beside me had ever heard of it. Most Muslims haven’t.

Next? 🙂
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Our pastor’s homiletics are quite good for a young pastor. I was suprised a bit that he passed over 2 Tim 4, and Luke 18 (the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is a real cool subject regarding justification and our response to it) , to preach on Gen. 4, Cain and Abel.

Jon
 
JonNC said:
Our pastor’s homiletics are quite good for a young pastor. I was suprised a bit that he passed over 2 Tim 4, and Luke 18 (the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is a real cool subject regarding justification and our response to it) , to preach on Gen. 4, Cain and Abel.

Jon
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Our young pastor also discussed the Pharisee and the tax collector. Seems to be a common theme here.
 
Sister_Amy said:
What was the topic of the sermon at the last service you went to?

I’m Muslim so I went on Friday, and the topic was proper etiquette when listening to the Friday sermon. 😃 We’re supposed to be paying attention, right? So can we remember what was discussed? How does it apply to our lives this week? Will it change us and make us better? Remind us to do good?

Just post it here! What was the sermon about? Or if you use a different word for a worship service lecture, please share. 🙂

Today I also went to a lecture that was linguistic commentary on the Qur’an–the speaker spent about 20 minutes talking about how some Muslims are totally crazy and limiting their perspective by trying to “abrogate” the Qur’an, and ignore big chunks of it, and that non-Muslims have a clever way of discrediting honest mainstream Muslims who speak out. It’s a word I read a lot on this forum, but I wasn’t surprised at all that neither sister sitting beside me had ever heard of it. Most Muslims haven’t.

Next? 🙂
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about how it is sin to vote for politicians who support abortion and same sex mariage among other things
 
Today’ homily was on the Pharisees, who knew the letter of the Law and the tax collector, who collected tax dollars for the Romans.

The Pharisees began saying about all the good that they do, fasting twice a week and tithing, following all the laws, and being thankful they were not like the rest of the other people. The tax collector was well aware of his own sinfulness, and all he could say to God was to have mercy on him.

Our pastor said the Pharisees were not really praying to God; they were praying to themselves. But the tax collector knew his own sinfulness and need for God’s mercy. He was truly praying because he needed God.

The Christian righteousness is not dependent on one’s own works or sense of self-righteousness but on the grace of God and His mercy, and how, to be Godly, we in turn are to be merciful to others with no distinction.

I think this is a lesson for any person irregardless of any particular belief or religion. We lose God when we think we are better…because then we are making idols of ourselves, praying to ourselves, instead of opening our whole beings to God…

“Indeed, the word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides the soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
------Hebrews 4:12
 
KathleenGee said:
Today’ homily was on the Pharisees, who knew the letter of the Law and the tax collector, who collected tax dollars for the Romans.

The Pharisees began saying about all the good that they do, fasting twice a week and tithing, following all the laws, and being thankful they were not like the rest of the other people. The tax collector was well aware of his own sinfulness, and all he could say to God was to have mercy on him.

Our pastor said the Pharisees were not really praying to God; they were praying to themselves. But the tax collector knew his own sinfulness and need for God’s mercy. He was truly praying because he needed God.

The Christian righteousness is not dependent on one’s own works or sense of self-righteousness but on the grace of God and His mercy, and how, to be Godly, we in turn are to be merciful to others with no distinction.

I think this is a lesson for any person irregardless of any particular belief or religion. We lose God when we think we are better…because then we are making idols of ourselves, praying to ourselves, instead of opening our whole beings to God…

“Indeed, the word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides the soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
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indeed the NO i went to was the “Have mercy on me a sinner” tax collector (execelent reading and homily) and the TLM was the “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” both beautiful readings and sermons 😃
 
Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason that several of you mentioned the story about the tax collector as a subject for this week? Did something happen in the news recently, or is someone higher up giving suggestions?
 
Oh, Sister, that’s a good observation. It makes me chuckle.

But, no, seriously, this is a text read often, in the “cycle” of readings in the Catholic service. There are three cycles of readings – which refer to specific scriptures that are read during the Church year. They do not exhaust the Christian Bible.

But, they put the Catholics of the Western Rite of the Church into the same scriptures on each Sunday.

It’s nice to chat with a Muslim. Thank You. I am so impressed about how Muslims pray. I wish all Christians were so inspired and devout. There’s simply much more diversity and opportunity to pray continually, of course. In the Catholic Church, our religious orders have what is called the Divine Office, which is a prayer that occurs throughout the day, But, that is practiced generally by the ordained priests and what we call consecrated religious. There are some lay people who pray “the Office” also.

If you don’t mind my asking: Are women in a separate part of the Mosque during prayer? I never see women (as few times as I ever see Muslim prayer on TV). Thank You
 
Sister Amy, thanks for the challenging question. I asked the same thing in my last church newsletter article. Posing such a question on this forum is going to get a lot of people who did pay attention, or they would not be here. Wonder what the answer would be like if you posted it on the People magazine website?

As for so many people replying on the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (or Publican), many Christian churches use the Revised Common Lectionary, a three-year cycle of scripture readings. We are currently in year C, which includes the Gospel of Luke as the Gospel reading. Online the list is maintained by the Vanderbilt University library Here is the url if you would like to have a look at it:lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
 
The Catholic Church covers the entire Bible readings, but it takes 3 years or 3 cycles. More Protestant churches are participating in the 3 cycles, bringing greater restoration of Christian unity centering on the Word of God…that is alive and reaches to the depths of our hearts.
 
Crumpy said:
Oh, Sister, that’s a good observation. It makes me chuckle.

But, no, seriously, this is a text read often, in the “cycle” of readings in the Catholic service. There are three cycles of readings – which refer to specific scriptures that are read during the Church year. They do not exhaust the Christian Bible.

But, they put the Catholics of the Western Rite of the Church into the same scriptures on each Sunday.

It’s nice to chat with a Muslim. Thank You. I am so impressed about how Muslims pray. I wish all Christians were so inspired and devout. There’s simply much more diversity and opportunity to pray continually, of course. In the Catholic Church, our religious orders have what is called the Divine Office, which is a prayer that occurs throughout the day, But, that is practiced generally by the ordained priests and what we call consecrated religious. There are some lay people who pray “the Office” also.

If you don’t mind my asking: Are women in a separate part of the Mosque during prayer? I never see women (as few times as I ever see Muslim prayer on TV). Thank You
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That’s pretty interesting–that all Catholics will hear the same sermon from week to week. Is it ever appropriate for church leader to diverge from the cycle to preach about stories more relevant to current affairs? I’m just curious

And as for prayer at a mosque, sometimes women are in a separate room, or area, or sometimes they’re just behind the men. It depends on the layout of the mosque, size of the crowd, etc. But to protect the modesty of the women praying, usually they’re never filmed or even photographed. When you see a big congregation praying overseas–it’s common to see video from the Haram in Makkah, for instance, there are lots of women praying there but they won’t video them. Partly, the women might not like being watched (I don’t like it myself, really), plus a lot of those women who cover their faces normally, in public, uncover them during the prayer–so they don’t want men to be able to see them then.

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About women not wanting to be watched, I can vouch for that.

But people who go to Mass, in contrast to those that don’t or do not believe, go there to encounter God and have their hunger for God filled.

Women are not supposed to wear immodest clothes.

The presbyter may refer to a general condition or attitude people are experiencing at the moment, but we are going there to draw on the Word of God and the Eucharist, and God speaks to us to guide us through our present time.

We are a pilgrim church, traveling together, to our eternal home in heaven.
 
Sister_Amy said:
Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason that several of you mentioned the story about the tax collector as a subject for this week? Did something happen in the news recently, or is someone higher up giving suggestions?
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thats what the readings were at Mass… there are set readings for every day of the year they are set in three year cycles
 
Remaining faithful in the face of adversity was Sunday’s sermon. The Pastor is just recovering from Cancer surgery when his daughter was diagnosed and started chemo therapy.
 
4Squarebaby, My prayers go out for your pastor and the daughter.
 
Oldtimer_7 said:
Sister Amy, thanks for the challenging question. I asked the same thing in my last church newsletter article. Posing such a question on this forum is going to get a lot of people who did pay attention, or they would not be here. Wonder what the answer would be like if you posted it on the People magazine website?

As for so many people replying on the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (or Publican), many Christian churches use the Revised Common Lectionary, a three-year cycle of scripture readings. We are currently in year C, which includes the Gospel of Luke as the Gospel reading. Online the list is maintained by the Vanderbilt University library Here is the url if you would like to have a look at it:lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
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Thanks for that great resource! It’s like you can read the passages beforehand, study up, and then digest even more of the sermon. Do many people do that?

Also, I do think posting on a religious forum will get more answers to the question. But I’d be afraid that in the general population, not many people actually go to sermons, and of the ones that do, not all even pay attention or care.
 
KathleenGee said:
The Catholic Church covers the entire Bible readings, but it takes 3 years or 3 cycles…
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Is it the whole Bible, or just most of it? For instance, do we really read at mass all the genealogy stuff in Chronicles?
 
You are welcome, Sister Amy. I cannot guess how many people use the Revised Common Lectionary for study. I use it to set up the readings for each Sunday morning early service, where we project the words. I may refer back to it to follow up on what I have heard in the Pastor’s sermon.
 
JHow said:
Is it the whole Bible, or just most of it? For instance, do we really read at mass all the genealogy stuff in Chronicles?
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I’m curous about this too.
I just looked online and could confirm it changes daily, so you would need to attend mass every day to cover all the scripture intended.
 
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