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Folks,
The lessons for this Sunday include more from Job, with God "putting Job in his place" "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? etc. While these were a bit of a "reproach" Job's complaining, I am mostly filled in response by the feeling I get hearing a good rendition of the hymn "How Great Thou Art" as the one I heard at Moody Bible Church back in Chicago (went with a group from the Swedish Free Church). It is the same feeling of awe and wonder as when I look up at the Milky Way on a clear and moonless night at the Ranch, always ending up saying "Wow!"! Interestingly , the alternate OT lesson is an apt response from a quite different tack ("Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases" adding "Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain." So we can see that Job was likely included in the Christian Canon of the Bible at least in part as an allegory depicting what Jesus went thru (as it said in Job "like a lamb that is led to the slaughter" and similar to Jesus and "By a perversion of justice he was taken away.") The Epistle from Hebrews speaks of the too human haughty attitude of the "high priests" while noting that Jesus didn't "glorify himself as one. The gospel lesson from Mark tells of the brothers, James and John, wanting to be seated at either side of Jesus in his "glory".(presumably that heavenly place of which we can only know it is good) and being told that among Gentiles "their rulers lord it over them" with the interesting tidbit that the other 10 disciples "began to be angry with James and John." While the lessons are replete with human emotions, good and bad, the relationship of God to man in them is sometimes loving and sometimes stern, yet always recognising our humanity as our "place". As most of you know, I am fond of praising the human attitude of a "reasonable humility" in the face of the Almighty. By the same token, I also hope we can allow ourselves "a reasonable pride" for our "better natures" like those angels of Lincoln's. If humans are indeed "a little lower than the angels, then still a magnificent creation of God. May we always remember both a reasonable humility and a reasonable pride as we figure our "place" in life. Our love to all, Bart (and Tony!) and for all of us at St Matthew Parish in San Ardo! Events St Matthew Parish in San Ardo will be having a service of Morning Prayer this Sunday at 10am at the chapel in San Ardo. And we are still relishing the delicious memorial at St Luke Parish's Vespers/Supper Club for our friend Rev Dcn Rob Seifert (how he want to be remembered I think for instigating these delightful events) at fellow South County parish St Luke in Jolon which works closely with St Mark Parish in King City, including this Sunday when they will joint together with St Mark Parish at the beautiful chapel in King City, 3rd and Bassett streets. Other Events We see that the play Outsider by Paul Smith continues on the stage at St Peter Parish's parish hall thru Oct 27. For tickets go to: bytheseaproductions.org or call: 805-776-3287 Also note that St Pauls Parish in Cambria has a Book Club and they tell us the following: St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cambria will host a book study led by Canon Mark Hall. "Jesus' Alternative Plan-The Sermon on the Mount" by Richard Rohr. We will meet on Wednesdays on Zoom, beginning Oct 2, 10:00 AM. The book has much to say in only 190 pages, and divided into nine chapters. We plan on reading one chapter per week and discussing what we've gleaned from our weekly readings. Please contact Canon Mark Hall at [email protected] to be added to the Zoom Event mailing list. As we approach "All Hallows Eve" (Halloween) and All Saints Day itself, many parishes will be taking time to remember others who have "gone before". This is a good time tore remember those saints in our lives who have died. Look for special events in the various parish newsletters, websites, etc, including those for the parishes of our Deanery - see the calendar at https://http.sloepiscopalians.org/index.htmlhttp.sloepiscopalians.org From the Diocese We hear of the following event from the Diocese PRAYERS FOR A PEACEFUL ELECTION Please consider joining the El Camino Real Social Justice Committee in praying for a peaceful election. A short on-line prayer service will be held every Thursday at 1pm. Also note, via St Barnabas newsletter the following THE INVESTITURE OF PRESIDING BISHOP-ELECT SEAN ROWE The Most Reverend Michael Curry requests the honor of your presence at the Celebration of New Ministry and Investiture of the Right Reverend Sean Rowe as Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church on Saturday, November 2, 2024 Roll Call" of Diocese at 6:30 am (PT) Service of Holy Eucharist at 8:00 am (PT). For more information about this livestream www.iam.ec/investiture
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