Proper 15—August 16, 2026
from Preaching among the Palms Hosted by Fr. Jeffrey Hanson
In today's Gospel reading Jesus ventures among outsiders, where he meets a woman in desperate need. Fr. Grady speculates that this Canaanite woman may have even heard about Jesus and is anticipating her encounter with him. She may have heard the stories of God's saving actions in history and hoped that meeting Jesus was the next opportunity she had for a blessing in her own life. The disciples try to make her go away, but Jesus, despite seeming at first unfeeling as well, is prevailed upon by this stranger of great faith. All people are thus welcome in the kingdom of God, the inheritors of the Jewish tradition and outsiders. From here on out Jesus is even more welcoming than before, and his disciples take his message of unearned grace around the world.
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