Rejoicing in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Gate Pa – 24 th Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year C - 2019 Readings: Psalm Psalm 14 First Reading Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Second Reading 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Gospel Luke What I want to say: I want to explore why we might use te reo māori in our services, what we don’t enjoy, and what give us joy in using it. Then I want to use Luke 15:1-10 to suggest that in these stories Jesus is simply seeing each person, valuing who they are for all their faults, and inviting them to repent – to have a bigger mind and to see themselves as made in the image of God. And whe...