We trust in silver and gold, the work of human hands,
but in an hour our wealth can disappear.
As I write, wild fires rage in California and elsewhere.
We constructed our world on combustion
of fossil fuels, which is bringing climate change,
which promotes uncontrollable burning.
Having invited the devil to dine at our banquet,
we are being repaid with fire and ashes.
But God, must the innocent suffer
more than we, the guilty?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112
Joel 1:15-2:2
Rev. 18:15-24
Luke 14:12-24
Selected Verses
Ps. 135:15, 18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands. …
the work of human hands. …
Those who make them
and all who trust them
shall become like them.
and all who trust them
shall become like them.
Joel 1:19
To you, O LORD, I cry.
For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have burned
all the trees of the field.
For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have burned
all the trees of the field.
Rev. 18:17a
"…For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!" [The merchants who watched the burning]
Luke 14:12
[Jesus] said also to the one who had invited him, "When
you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or
your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and
you would be repaid. …"
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