Lectionary Q is a resource for clergy and the laity to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 18:9-14.
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* Both men stand alone in the temple, apart from anyone else. Why?
* Imagine that you’re hearing this story for the first time. Would it be a shock to you? Hearing this story for the first time who was the justified one and who was not?
* Does either get character get what they deserve?
* How are we like the Pharisee? How are we like the tax collector?
* Martin Luther once wrote, “Scripture describes man as so curved in upon himself that he uses not only physical but even spiritual goods for his own purposes and in all things seeks only himself.” The phrase Incurvatis in se (curved in on oneself) means that even when we try to do good, it’s hard for us to not look out for our own self-interest. Which character is curved in on themself? What example can you draw from your life?
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