July 31st Tenth Sunday in Trinity
St Mary’s Church East Walton, Norfolk
Where your treasure is there will your heart be also
Hosea 11:1-11
Colossians 3:1-11
Luke 12:13-21
I would really like to put my head in the sand and be an ostrich at this time. A few weeks ago I thought that was possible and that when I came up for air then all this turmoil, worry and disaster would have gone away and life would be more settled.
But it hasn’t and there have been such dreadful things happening that they are now impossible to ignore. They are creating fear, despair, upset and rage and then what happens next?
In our prayers, be with all those in Rouen at the dreadful killing of Fr. Hamel, at the Eucharist, we ask God to look with compassion on his family on earth, to break down the barriers that some want to erect between different people, counter the effects of evil in our time and be with all those who mourn and who have been involved in these sufferings.
What I am going to talk about is seeking those things which are above in God’s world, getting rid of malice, fear, anger and wrath and being with God and God with us at every step of the way.
Where your treasure is there will your heart be also
Extract from sermon for 10th Sunday in Trinity
Rev’d Sue Martin Diocese of Norwich