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Proper 19 (24) – Year C

Welcome to the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. This week’s text goes straight to the heart of the Gospel. And it sets up camp in the most toxic of places: fear and resentment. The Pharisees and scribes are filled with it, chewing on their grievances like a cow chewing its cud. They grumble: “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Jesus responds with two stories about parties.

In the first, a shepherd foolishly leaves ninety-nine sheep in the wilderness to go after one that’s lost. The ninety-nine are left exposed while the shepherd seeks out the one. Who risks ninety-nine for the sake of one? It’s bad math…

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