This blog includes service elements to be used in conjunction with Matthew 5:1-12 where Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount challenged the culture in presenting a new vision of what it means to be blessed. The message of the Great Reversal Kingdom is as relevant today as it was when Christ first preached it. (For those following the Revised Lectionary this text is the Gospel reading for Year A: All Saints Day, sometimes observed on the first Sunday of November.)
“We have no peace, day or night, from misiles, news of death and injury to our friends. But in the midst of this darkness, we continue to repeat the words of your host: ‘Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, is and is to come.’”
In trinitarian worship when we offer prayer to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we are deeply aware that we do not have a single listener. We are praying into a threefold society of listeners. Moreover, as Romans 8 reveals, when we pray into the triune life, we are praying into a center of hospitality. As we pray the Spirit intercedes for us. As we pray, Jesus Christ intercedes for us. The triune God makes room for us in this wonderful way.
