the Promised Land
Gate Pa – Year A 30th
Sunday of Ordinary Time - 2020 Readings: Psalm
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 First Reading:
Deuteronomy
34:1-12
Second Reading: 1 Thess
2:1-8
Gospel:
Matthew 22:
34-46 What I want to say: I
want to use the Deuteronomy reading and MLK’s use of it in his last sermon as a
springboard to explore our vision of the “Promised Land” Where are we heading
to and hoping for? What shapes that vision and hope? What I want to
happen: Invite people to prayerfully reflect
on their vision of the promised land, and how we are invited to do to live that
out The Sermon1.Introduction:Video of end of MLK’s last sermon on April 3
1968 in Memphis Tennessee He was assassinated the next day He, like Moses in our first reading today -Had been to the
mountain top and seen the promised land He, like Moses, was not to get there. So what was the promised land? 2.Retreat with Justin10 1/2 years ago, and again 9 years ago Attended re…