Call Me Devil
Lections: The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost ( Lectionary 12 ), AD 2026 A Homily: Lord, we pray for the preacher, for you know his sins are great. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Last week Jesus instructed His disciples on how to be Him: how to seek out the lost sheep, whom every system had failed; how to cure ailments both physical and spiritual; how to proclaim liberation to the captives and hope to the oppressed. He taught them—and thereby teaches us—to let our peace rest on every household we encounter. And should that peace return unrequited, we are simply to shake the dust off of our feet. I said then that this is not naïveté, not polyannish optimism. “I send you out,” our Savior said, “as sheep amidst the wolves .” Today His Missionary Discourse continues by laying out the price that we must pay, the consequences for daring to walk the Way of Jesus Christ. “A disciple is not above the teacher,” He warns us. “If y...
