tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post8576095928609568028..comments2024-03-17T19:56:31.931-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: First Draft - Homily for Trinity XIWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-56317324295869776252007-08-15T18:52:00.000-05:002007-08-15T18:52:00.000-05:00Fr. Paul,Thank you for the kind words and the exce...Fr. Paul,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the kind words and the excellent insight. Here's another thought I've explored in sermons of yesteryear:<BR/><BR/>Why do Pharisees stand apart? Because they know that if we let folks get to close they'll see the truth about us, see through the pious front, and realize that we really are no different than that tax collector after all. A Pharisee has to keep people at a distance for fear of them finding out who he really is.<BR/><BR/>And our Lord comes to us, exactly as you say, even to those who dare to stand apart in fear of discovery and loves them even in the midst of their sin and comes to set them free from it. <BR/><BR/>Such a tiny pericope and yet so much hangs on it. The first of the 95 is just its explication.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-21828511378201970292007-08-15T18:17:00.000-05:002007-08-15T18:17:00.000-05:00Fr. Weedon, a marvelous sermon. Caught my attentio...Fr. Weedon, a marvelous sermon. Caught my attention right away, and that's good, cause I'm one of those Gen-X'ers that has the attention span the size of an inch worm. <BR/><BR/>Another thought to consider--Pharisees wanted to distinguish themselves from everyone else, to soar above the crowd, to distance themselves from all evil and terrible people (e.g. extortioners, unjust, etc.) And yet, how unlike our Lord this is, who was not above being "numbered with transgressors." Our Lord did not mind *not* standing out, not being set apart from every one else, or being set above everyone else. He humbled himself, and was exalted (Phil. 2)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, just some additional food for thought. Loved the part about "merciful" by the way.Rev. Paul Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678751687495292703noreply@blogger.com