Titus 3: 1-7
Psalm 23
Luke 17: 11-19
Titus 3: 1-7
Psalm 23
Luke 17: 11-19
Titus 2: 1-8 and 11-14
Psalm 37: 3-5 and 30-32
Luke 17: 7-10
Titus 1: 1-9
Psalm 24: 1-6
Luke 17: 1-6
Hymns, Songs, Readings and other links for Remembrance Day –
Sunday 8th Nov 2020
Bible Readings:
Key Bible Reading:
Isaiah 40:28-31: “They will soar on wings like eagles” – If you would like to look up the reading for yourself – simply click the link:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40%3A28-31&version=NIVUK
Set Readings for today (Remembrance Sunday – 3rd before Advent):
Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 – The author speaks about the value and availability of Wisdom but one must look to her and seek her. In the Old Testament is personified in other books such as the Book of Proverbs. In Christian understanding Jesus becomes the face of Wisdom, taking her qualities into himself. Therefore as we read this passage one could say the same of Jesus as of Wisdom, He is making Himself available, to seek Him is to find not only perfect understanding but love itself.
1Thessalonians 4:13-end – There is a lot that could be said about this passage. At one level it can seem somewhat strange to us, what with images of being “caught up in the air.” It starts off with the great hope – that because God raised Jesus from the dead, then God will raise all the dead including our loved ones. But this is where the confusion perhaps kicks in. Paul is not talking about life after death here, in a place we call “heaven.” As Tom Wright, the New Testament historian and author has stipulated, Paul, and indeed much of the New Testament, talks mainly about “what happens after, what happens to us when we die.” In other words, to the Bible the emphasis is on a time “after heaven,” what we would perhaps otherwise call “the Second Coming” as detailed in the Book of Revelation Ch 22. In this understanding, as here in Paul, we die, we go to be with God and Jesus in heaven. But then will come a day when heaven will come to earth and all things will be made new in Christ, beginning with raising those who are physically dead in Christ to be reborn in Christ on earth, wedding their spiritual bodies in heaven with new ‘resurrected’ physical bodies to live for ever. And this also includes those, says Paul, who are alive when this time comes – hence the reference to being caught up, and ‘transformed’/resurrected themselves in the air. This may all sound hugely confusing, but it is what the Bible consistently claims. What will it look like? How will it work out? The Bible doesn’t give us a blueprint but its key and important point is that “Love wins,” not just in heaven, “but on earth.” And everything that points to that is part of what Jesus calls “the Kingdom.”
Matthew 25:1-13 – Matthew continues the talk about the “Kingdom of heaven.” Not so much, about what happens when you die, but more about all those moments we all experience each and everyday when we can see the opportunity to love, to forgive, to be kind and we either see them and take them, or we can miss them and complain bitterly that we were away getting oil to get ready to see those moments in the future. Jesus those who are about love now. To love, is to love Him.
Hymns and Songs for Remembrance Sunday:
Traditional:
Children and Young People:
Modern:
Videos:
Wisdom of Solomon 6: 12-16
1 Thessalonians 4: 13-end
Matthew 25: 1-13
Philippians 4: 10-19
Psalm 112
Luke 16: 9-15