Date: August 15, 2010 Sermon Texts: Isaiah 7:10-15; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 1:46-55
Let us pray: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in you sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer.
Someone asked me this week what success looked like. We had a good, long conversation about it. For as long and good as it was, it was still far too short. I confess that I brought the question into my office with me as I started preparing this sermon. What does success look like? What does it mean to be successful? There are, of course, a lot of different answers to that question, all of which depend on a person’s situation and perspective. But, in today’s readings, as we celebrate and remember St. Mary the Virgin, I think we have the beginnings of a Christian answer to the question.