I had been aware at the threshold of consciousness that I’m preaching tomorrow at the mass for St. Brigid; tonight I realized that I had made no progress whatever on the sermon for tomorrow. Plus, the Duke-vs.-Carolina game is on tonight. Plus, did I mention that I’m stuck?
The readings are 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 and Matthew 6:25-33. I’m inclined, at this points, to preach on verse 28f: “God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.” I’m intrigued by that notion of God choosing “the things that are not,” especially in the context of Brigid (the saint who seems to have displaced a Celtic goddess of the same name, leading to questions about whether she really existed, and if so which of the legends about her rest on historically reliable traditions).
Carolina just tied the game. And I still don’t have a sermon.
Posted by AKMA at February 5, 2004 09:27 PM | TrackBackYour boys lucked out there in the end...see you on the court in two weeks!
-R
Posted by: Ryan Whitley at February 5, 2004 11:24 PM