FLESH AND SPIRIT
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 09, 2017 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Zechariah 9:9-10 Psalm 145:1-2;8-10;14-15 Romans 8:9-11;13 Matthew 11:25-35 This past week, we celebrated the Fourth of July. For many, that was a joyous occasion to celebrate the founding of the United State of America, a time to “Rejoice greatly”. Many of you may already be familiar with at least some of the words in today’s First Reading, as you might recall them from the soprano aria in Handel’s Messiah called, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.” Now you know from where Handel’s librettist, Charles Jennens, found the words for that particular segment. The clergy of the churches of our conservative sisters and brothers no doubt preached this week that the United States is a “Christian” nation. However, that’s not true. Its founding mothers and fathers were mostly Deists. Most prominent were James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Jam...