January 19, 2022

“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.  Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.” (Romans 5:6-7)

Just can’t resist this description of a traitor in Macbeth “the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him.”Ahhh, such good language! And our natures do have villainies that tend to multiply and swarm, do they not?

Our multiplying swarms may be a problem for us and for those around us, but they are nothing to God; tiny gnats that he swipes away with reconciling righteousness of His Son. Traitors we all are, but forgiven.

“Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Fifth Sunday After Epiphany – BCP)