Lectionary Reflection
Feast of St. Andrew
Revised Common Lectionary
Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) Reading
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Deuteronomy 30: 11-14
- Surely, this commandment
that I am commanding you today is not too hard
for you, nor is it too far away. It is not in
heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go
up to heaven for us, and get it for us so that
we may hear it and observe it?’ Neither is
it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who
will cross to the other side of the sea for us,
and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe
it?’ No, the word is very near to you; it
is in your mouth and in your heart for you to
observe.
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Reflection
on Deuteronomy 30: 11-14
by the Rev Dcn Helen B. Hanten
Moses was talking
about the command to love the Lord God and to show that love
by keeping the commandments. He told them it wasn't about events
far away or things past or in the future. it was about behavior
then and there, a basic code for living that has passed from
that time to this; it is about behavior here and now.
Showing our love for God by caring for the
creation is like that. It isn't too hard or too far away. It
is always timely. The word should be in our mouth and in our
hearts for us to observe. It should be our way of life; our
way to show love to God by caring for what God has given us.
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Rev Dcn Helen Hanten was a retired deacon and a member of
St. Andrew's by the Lake Episcopal Church, Duluth, MN, when
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