In the epistle for Trinity 16 in Year A, Philippians 1.21-end, we turn from the practical application at the end of Romans back to Paul’s more usual style, using dense and challenging language which nonetheless communicates an extraordinary passion for life.
Paul draws on a wide range of language, from the civic to the military to the athletic, in order to communicate both his concerns for his readers and the way that they should think about life. This leads on naturally to the reflection in the next chapter on the pattern of life Jesus has left for us—but Paul’s also models this in his own attitude. His concerns is always turned outward, to Jesus and to the Philippians, that they might know the reality of God’s love for them.
The Grove booklet on community rule of life can be found here.
The gospel reading is Matthew 20.1-16. The written commentary for that can be found here,
and the video discussion is here.
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