Aug-1 Liturgical Study Eighteenth Sunday
Eighteenth Sunday Exodus 16:2-15 Three times the Lord was tested: Parting of the Red Sea to save them from the army of Pharoah (Exodus 14:11) Sweeting of drinking water at Marah (Exodus 15:24) No food in the desert when their travel provisions ran out In chapter 2 of Exodus, the stresses and chaos of the exodus out of bondage in Egypt through the wilderness is intense and debilitating, so much so that the people begin to long for their former lives as slaves in Egypt. However God’s grace pushes them forward by providing strength for the journey in the form of daily food (quail and manna) and a structure to their days (pick only what you need expect before the Sabbath) freeing them to follow the instructions regarding the keeping of the Sabbath. In the chaos of the pandemic, we too should follow a pattern of prayer, worship and gratitude and trust that the Lord will lead us out of this darkness. Psalm 78 Psalm 78, next to psalm 119, is the second longest psalm in the Psalter (next...