Proper 21 Year B
Taken from Lectionary Reflections - Year B
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Proper 21
Numbers 11.4-6, 10-16, 24-29
James 5.13-20
Mark 9.38-50
Moses has had enough of the people. He has led them out of slavery, and they have been saved and protected by God’s strength throughout. They have seen the waters of the sea part just for them, they have seen water springing from the rock, just for them, and they have had food provided in the middle of the desert, simply because God is their protector. But still they whine. Now they don’t like the kind of food God is giving them. They choose to forget that they were slaves in Egypt, and prefer instead to remember all the delicious meals that they had. They don’t look around the barren, lifeless desert and praise God that they are alive at all. Instead they dream up menus, and blame Moses because they have tantalized themselves into a bad temper...
Taken from Lectionary Reflections – Year B by Jane Williams