Proper 15A
Ai Khawng
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Nalae application:
Van Harn says that it is Mark that calls this woman a Syro-Pheonician woman, Matthew says she is a Canaanite woman
LCMS Lectionary Summary:
OT same
Epistle: same (beginning and end) but L adds vss 13-15 and that chapter is not read any other Sunday. The idea is that God has not rejected his people. The part cut out in RCL (and mostly LCMS) is that God saved a remnant but don’t forget that many were cut off - that doesn’t change the fact that God has not rejected his people. Vss 13-15 shows how the Gentiles make the Jews jealous and thus save some of them. This is important - read every other cycle. The RCL version goes from “God has not rejected” to “the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable” which sounds the same bell.
Gospel 151: the same but for R vss 10-20 are optional, but don’t read since the parallel Mar 7 is read Proper 17B.
The Church Lives Under the Cross of Christ and Prays in the Hope of His Mercy
By her persistent prayer that Jesus would have mercy and help her (Matt. 15:22, 24), and even in the face of His initial silence and apparent rejection (Matt. 15:23–26), the Canaanite woman boldly confessed her faith in Him (Matt 15:27–28). Her beautiful example encourages us to cling to the words and promises of the Gospel, even in the face of the Law that accuses and condemns us. “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable” (Rom. 11:29), and His Law “has consigned all to disobedience” for the very purpose “that he may have mercy on all” (Rom. 11:32). Hence, the woman’s faith and hope were not disappointed, but her prayers were answered in the mercy of Christ. Not only does He grant us the crumbs from His table, but He also feeds us with “the children’s bread” in the house of His Father (Matt. 15:26–27). He has brought us to His “holy mountain,” and He makes us joyful in His house, where He hears our prayers and accepts our sacrifice of praise upon the altar of His cross (Is. 56:7).
Nocent Theme: A House for all Peoples
Hymn of the Day: 653 In Christ there is no east or west
615 When in the hour of deepest need
Liturgy:
Summary: All the readings - and this is Common Time (so you are not right always Wesley Allen) - are of this theme.
Isa 56.1, 6-8
Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
“And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath, and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.”
A very wide group of people are welcomed to the holy mountain of Jerusalem and the house of prayer (the Temple)
Psa 67
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee! The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us. God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!
May your derek and your yeshua be known. Joy and praise come from the nations because the Lord governs the nations with justice. God is an all-consuming fire, but often fire purifies, it doesn't just burn up completely. So judgment is good.
Rom 11.1-2a, 29-32
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.
Because we read Rom 9.1-5 a couple of Sundays ago, this is the same theme, Israel's role now in salvation history, their unbelief allowed the Gentiles to be grafted in. Someone addressed this but it seems to be the case but isn't, that if Israel had been faithful, the Gentiles would still be welcomed in. And, as 31 says, God's mercy is stronger or more widely applied and it is in Israel's favor that God showed his mercy to the Gentiles because that also meant that his mercy would also come in greater measure to Israel.
Mat 15.21-28 (10-20 optional)
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
The optional part is the explanation of eating with washed or unwashed hands really isn't the issue, but it's a matter of the heart. The "must read" section is the woman from Tyre.
