January 13, 2024 Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 310 Reading I 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1 There was a stalwart man from Benjamin named Kish, who was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite. He had a son named Saul, who was a handsome young man. There was no other child of Israel more handsome than Saul; he stood head and shoulders above the people. Now the asses of Saul’s father, Kish, had wandered off. Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go out and hunt for the asses.” Accordingly they went through the hill country of Ephraim, and through the land of Shalishah. Not finding them there, they continued through the land of Shaalim without success. They also went through the land of Benjamin, but they failed to find the animals. When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the LORD assured him, “This is the man of whom I told you; he is to govern my people.” Saul met Samuel in the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer lives.” Samuel answered Saul: “I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place and eat with me today. In the morning, before dismissing you, I will tell you whatever you wish.” Then, from a flask he had with him, Samuel poured oil on Saul’s head; he also kissed him, saying: “The LORD anoints you commander over his heritage. You are to govern the LORD’s people Israel, and to save them from the grasp of their enemies roundabout. “This will be the sign for you that the LORD has anointed you commander over his heritage.” Responsorial Psalm 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 R. (2a) Lord, in your strength the king is glad. O LORD, in your strength the king is glad; in your victory how greatly he rejoices! You have granted him his heart’s desire; you refused not the wish of his lips. R. Lord, in your strength the king is glad. For you welcomed him with goodly blessings, you placed on his head a crown of pure gold. He asked life of you: you gave him length of days forever and ever. R. Lord, in your strength the king is glad. Great is his glory in your victory; majesty and splendor you conferred upon him. For you made him a blessing forever; you gladdened him with the joy of your face. R. Lord, in your strength the king is glad. Alleluia Lk 4:18 R. Alleluia, alleluia. The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Mk 2:13-17 Jesus went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed Jesus. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus heard this and said to them, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
I don't wanna sound mean, but even before this chapter I don't understand how people didn't pick up on the satire. Yes, it mimicks Christian evangelical writings; but it's too much of a line-after-line perfect storm for it to not be intentional parody. I grew up evangelical and it's a great satirical take but way too on the nose for anybody to reasonably think it's genuine.
Gryffindors - evangelical protestants; possibly Southern Baptist, PCA, or one of the more conservative Wesleyan denoms; the type of low-church congregation to say "we're Bible-believin'" Slytherins - Catholic Hufflepuffs - liberal Mainline Protestants Slytherins - fundamentalists (which is often used interchangably with evangelical, but esp mid-20th-century there was a distinction) or, the strawman evangelicals concede exists so they can say "we're not like that"
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I had never listened to Avenue q when I first listened to this. Then I saw it at a community theatre in February and immediately though of this video during not wearing underwear today
I love how Voldemort hasn’t made an appearance and all the death eaters are just following Ron now. He’s probably still busy with his atheist Reddit account
As someone who was raised Christian, turned atheist, was forced to start a catholic school and is now kinda of questioning what I believe in: I’ve never heard any atheist talk like the Dursley’s, also we don’t call Dawkins “The Dawkins”, I’ve never even read any of Dawkins’ work, and I don’t know anyone who has
So she left not only Jay behind (I think it's around here she shortens Jacob to Jay for some dumb reason), but her alcoholic fire figter mayor lawyer dad too? Or was he busy on yet another career (or with a certain FBI agent...)?
You know, this fic would be better if it was about Jenny. Jenny and her toxic friendship and her complicated love life. I mean, this chapter revealed she might be bi with her coming onto Joan. Jenny, the real hero of brooding love
Me: you know, she might be a mary sue, but at least she cares about her friend. Joan: *literally gets with her best friend’s boyfriend the same chapter* Me: 👁️👄👁️
Imagine DRACO MALFOY being so thrilled to become a Gryffindor that he CRIES Edit: YES THE ADVENTURES OF MIKE AND AZ Edit: I genuinely would read a book about Mike and Az
1: my private school classes felt exactly the same as my public school classes so…. 2: A WEEK? Harry memorized his schedule in A WEEK, it took me all year my first year of HighSchool 3: I want a sequel to Hogwarts: School of prayer and miracles all about Mike and Az 4: Dean, buddy, inside voices
Lol I never thought about it before. Maybe the school just doesn’t really care when it comes to rooming situations. Or maybe they do it to cause drama! 😂
Im about to binge every video on this channel. your interactions are so bright and fun and listening to these readings feels like hanging out with friends
Girls, girls. Your reading and commentary made me laugh a lot untill now, but this video REALLY made me lose it. I actualy cried, i didnt laugh this offten and this hard for years maybe. I literally looked like the emoji 😂 you two are hilarious! yes, you have good material but 90% of the comedy is because of you two and 10% the text itself. I just discovered you today and watched the playlist and couldnt stop untill now. Thats how hilarious this video was. I cant wait to watch the rest but wow... Just wow.
1. It’s wrong to joke about or make satire someone’s religion whether you dislike what the religion teaches or not regardless of the religion or faith it is. 2. Just because you were a Christian in the past doesn’t give you the right to make fun of the faith (I didn’t watch the series so I don’t know if this was said, this is just for anyone who was) 3. Regardless of whether this is satire or not, the person who wrote this is twisting the meaning of the verses they included and if you want to understand the real meaning, don’t take peoples word for it, READ THE BIBLE YOURSELF 4. Don’t let the misdeeds of a person who claims Christianity shape how you view the other people who follow Jesus and Jesus Himself. Just because one “Christian” has certain ideologies and opinions, doesn’t necessarily mean all believers have those views or that Jesus condones discriminatory behaviour 5. Read the bible for yourself, get to know Jesus for yourself because many people claim the title “believer” and live their lives completely contrary to what Gods word says and will try to twist the meaning of verses to justify their behaviour. 6. Jesus loves you and wants a relationship with you xx
