The Gospel reading for Sunday, October 14th is the same as what is assigned to Thanksgiving Day, all three years of the Lectionary, Luke 17:11-19
11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16 He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? 18 Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”
Familiarity with a text often breeds boredom and banal preaching. So the options are to either use a less familiar lesson (the Old Testament lesson is fun) or to really approach the Gospel from a very new perspective. So, as I begin to look at this text early in the week, I’ve got some choices to make.
Options after the jump …
