God's patience and punishment
Contemporary Lectionary Prayers
Based Upon Cycle C Lectionary Gospels
Gospel Theme:
God's patience and punishment
Gospel Note:
Jesus' two sayings (both references to otherwise unknown historical events) and his parable here serve to make the same point: while no casual connection can be made between particular disasters that befall people and their sinfulness, and although individuals may survive unrepentant for a time, all because of God's patience, that patience will not last forever and eventually will be replaced by God's punishment and the unrepentants' perishing.
Liturgical Color:
Purple