Pure Religion
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How pure is your religious expression? When was the last time you visited an orphan or widow in their painful condition? Are you differentiated from this world?
Often we think of a devoted religious life as church attendance; however, pure religion is more than that. Visiting the marginalized and those who have experienced great affliction, and keeping ourselves from the entanglements of this world is what God sees as pure religion.
James, the half brother of Jesus, said it this way, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” (James 1:27, ESV).
May our religious devotion and expression be pure as we care for those who are in need and keep ourselves unstained and uncorrupted by this world.
A Collect for the Third Sunday in Lent: “Heavenly Father, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you: Look with compassion upon the heartfelt desires of your servants, and purify our disordered affections, that we may behold your eternal glory in the face of Christ Jesus; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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