Judgment and Forgiveness Lessons on 9/11

 This week's Scripture: Exodus 14:19-31 and Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11,20-21 (or Genesis 50:15-21 and Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13); Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35

Judgment and forgiveness are the subjects of our scripture and lesson this week.

This Sunday is the 10th anniversary of 9-11. In his sermon, The Rev. Cannon Frank Loguem asks:" Are there not some crimes to heinous to forgive? And on this day, we ask, Isn’t forgiving the perpetrators of September 11 too much to ask? How could those of us who remain alive even have the right to forgive?" Read his comments on the gospel lesson this week by clicking on "Read."

Jesus responds to Peter's request question about how may times we must forgive someone who sins against us in the Gospel passage, and Paul instructs us about judgment and forgiveness in his letter to the Romans.

The Dr. Courtney Cowart, in her sermon, "An Exhortation to Forgiveness," tells us: "It is this kind of belief about the justification of violence for the settling of moral grievances that leads to mornings like 9-11." Read the details of her account of 9/11 which she experienced in New York City that day, and what her prayerful remembrances call us to do - what Jesus calls us to do, and be.