Sermon for Sunday, November 16, 2025 || Proper 28C || 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
“Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.” So says Paul at the end of his second letter to the church of the Thessalonians. Other translations say: “don’t get discouraged in doing what is right”; “never tire of doing what is good”; and the venerable words of the King James, “But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.” All of these translations have two things in common. First, the idea of weariness. Second, the need to persevere in doing what is right. In these days of continuing political upheaval, fracturing of society, and disregard for the most vulnerable among us, along with violence, war, disease, oppression, and so many other things that break the heart of God, Paul’s words hit differently. Our weariness is bone deep, spirit deep. And yet our need to do right remains as potent as ever.
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