William H. Willimon - "Victorious, Victims" (November 2, 1986)

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	(lively big band music)	0:00
-	Welcome to the chapel for this joyful celebration	0:36
	of All Saints.	0:39
	This rather non-traditional service	0:41
	has become a tradition here at the chapel	0:43
	and we're delighted that you can be with us today.	0:45
	We're also delighted to welcome those	0:48
	who worship with us in the rooms of Duke Hospital	0:50
	during this time of experimental broadcast	0:54
	of our chapel services and we welcome them as well.	0:58
	Mr. Paul Jeffery and the Duke Jazz Ensemble	1:02
	join the Chapel Choir for today's service	1:05
	and they're glad that they're with us.	1:08
	Today at 5 p.m. there will be a memorial concert	1:10
	in memory of Margaret Schumann,	1:14
	a concert for organs and trumpet	1:16
	and the performance of an original piece	1:19
	by the Duke Chapel Choir	1:21
	and the public is cordially invited today	1:24
	at five o'clock.	1:26
	Next weekend the chapel helps to sponsor	1:28
	the Conference on Faith and Technology	1:31
	and if you're interested,	1:34
	we call your attention to that in the bulletin	1:35
	or you can get more information	1:37
	by calling the chapel office.	1:39
	The letter to Hebrews says	1:42
	we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.	1:44
	Seeing that we are surrounded by so many witnesses,	1:47
	let us lay aside every weight	1:50
	and run with joyful perseverance the race	1:53
	that is set before us.	1:55
	Let us worship.	1:57
	♪ When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound ♪	2:12
	♪ And time shall be no more ♪	2:15
	♪ And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair ♪	2:17
	♪ When the saved of Earth shall gather over ♪	2:22
	♪ On the other shore, ♪	2:25
	♪ And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there ♪	2:27
	♪ When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there ♪	2:32
	♪ When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there ♪	2:37
	♪ When the roll is called up yonder ♪	2:43
	♪ When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there ♪	2:53
	(lively organ music)	3:02
	(congregation singing)	3:39
	(dramatic organ music)	6:47
	(choir singing)	8:03
-	The Lord be with you.	8:49
Congregation	And also with you.	8:51
-	Let us pray.	8:52
	God of all holiness,	8:54
	you gave your saints different gifts on Earth	8:56
	but one holy city in heaven.	8:59
	Give us grace to follow their good example.	9:02
	(congregation mumbling)	9:07
	Your servants, Mary and Martha who love their Lord	9:14
	won through active service,	9:18
	the other through quiet adoration.	9:20
	(congregation mumbling)	9:23
	Apostle Paul who told what he had heard	9:28
	spreading the good news into all the world	9:32
	interpreting the gospel to all without distinction	9:35
	between race or nation.	9:38
	(congregation mumbles)	9:41
	King David who led your people with courage,	9:47
	who shared our human weakness,	9:50
	he was anointed with your spirit	9:52
	to lead with justice and integrity.	9:54
	(congregation mumbling)	9:57
	Judas Maccabeus, oh of tyranny and oppression,	10:03
	refusing to bow before the forces of evil,	10:07
	he inspired your people to throw off their chains	10:10
	and proclaim their gracious birthright.	10:13
All	For all your saints, for the grace you give them	10:17
	to fulfill the tasks to which you called them,	10:20
	we praise you.	10:23
	(lively organ music)	10:25
	(congregation singing)	10:33
-	Please be seated.	11:24
	The first lesson is taken from the book	11:35
	of the prophet Haggai.	11:38
	In the second year of Darius, the king,	11:42
	in the seventh month, on the 21st day of the month,	11:46
	the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet.	11:50
	Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,	11:55
	governor of Judah	11:59
	and to Joshua, the son of Jozadak, the high priest.	12:01
	And to all the remnant of the people.	12:06
	And say who is left among you	12:10
	that saw this house in its former glory?	12:14
	How do you see it now?	12:19
	Is it not in your sight as nothing?	12:22
	Yet now take courage, oh Zerubbabel says the Lord.	12:26
	Take courage, oh Joshua, son of Jozadak, the high priest.	12:33
	Take courage all you people of the land, says the Lord.	12:39
	Work for I am with you says the Lord of hosts	12:44
	according to the promise that I made with you	12:50
	when you came out of the land of Egypt.	12:53
	My spirit abides among you.	12:57
	Fear not for thus says the Lord of hosts,	13:01
	once again in a little while,	13:06
	I will shake the heavens and the Earth	13:10
	and the sea and the dry land	13:13
	and I will shake all nations	13:16
	so that the treasures of all nations shall come in	13:20
	and I will fill this house with splendor	13:24
	says the Lord of hosts.	13:29
	The silver is mine,	13:31
	and the gold is mine says the Lord of hosts.	13:35
	The latter splendor of this house shall be greater	13:41
	than the former,	13:45
	says the Lord of hosts	13:46
	and in this place, I will give prosperity	13:49
	says the Lord of hosts.	13:54
	This ends the reading of the first lesson.	13:57
	(lively organ music)	14:02
	(choir singing)	14:08
-	The gospel is taken from St. Luke.	15:44
	And Jesus lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said	15:51
	blessed are you poor	15:56
	for yours is the kingdom of God.	15:59
	Blessed are you that hunger now	16:03
	for you shall be satisfied.	16:05
	Blessed are you that weep now	16:09
	for you shall laugh.	16:12
	Blessed are you when people hate you	16:15
	and when they exclude you and revile you	16:18
	and cast out your name as evil	16:21
	on account of the Son of Man.	16:24
	Rejoice in that day and leap for joy	16:28
	for behold your reward is great in heaven	16:32
	for so their mothers and fathers did	16:36
	to the prophets.	16:39
	But woe to you that are rich	16:42
	for you have received your consolation.	16:46
	Woe to you that are full now	16:50
	for you shall hunger.	16:53
	Woe to you that laugh now	16:56
	for you shall mourn and weep.	16:58
	Woe to you when all people speak well of you	17:03
	for so their ancestors did to the false prophets.	17:07
	But I say to you that here,	17:14
	love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.	17:17
	Bless those who curse you,	17:22
	pray for those who abuse you.	17:25
	To a person who strikes you on the cheek,	17:29
	offer the other also	17:34
	and from one who takes away your coat,	17:37
	do not withhold even your shirt.	17:39
	Give to everyone who begs from you	17:44
	and of all those who take away your goods,	17:46
	do not ask them again.	17:50
	And as you wish that people would do to you,	17:53
	do so to them.	17:58
	If you love those who love you,	18:01
	what credit is that to you	18:03
	for even sinners love those who love them	18:06
	and if you do good to those who do good to you,	18:11
	what credit is that to you?	18:14
	Even sinners do the same	18:16
	and if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive	18:20
	what credit is that to you?	18:24
	Even sinners lend to sinners	18:27
	to receive as much again	18:30
	but love your enemies and do good	18:33
	and lend expecting nothing in return	18:39
	and your reward will be great	18:43
	and you will be children of the most high	18:46
	for God is kind to the ungrateful	18:50
	and to the selfish.	18:54
	Be merciful even as your father is merciful.	18:57
	This ends the reading of the gospel.	19:03
-	Imagine a sermon in which the preacher begins:	19:15
	Blessed are you poor.	19:22
	Oh how fortunate are those of you	19:28
	who are hungry.	19:30
	How lucky are those of you	19:33
	who have a terminal illness.	19:36
	Blessed are you who are going through marital crises.	19:40
	Oh how lucky are you who are unemployed.	19:44
	The congregation does a double take.	19:49
	What is this?	19:50
	Blessed, lucky, fortunate	19:52
	those who are hungry, those who are unemployed,	19:55
	those who are sick,	19:57
	those who are struck down, what is this?	19:58
	This is Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, his Beatitudes.	20:04
	Generations have found comfort	20:12
	in the words of this sermon and well they should	20:14
	for these are words of blessing	20:19
	to those whom life has only cursed.	20:25
	Victims.	20:30
	The hungry.	20:33
	The sick.	20:35
	The poor.	20:37
	The oppressed.	20:39
	Victims.	20:41
	You know, when you think about it,	20:44
	so much of scripture is addressed to victims.	20:45
	When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,	20:52
	if someone strikes you on the cheek,	20:57
	I suppose that so much of scripture	21:00
	is addressed to victims because in this world	21:02
	there are always so many of the victimized,	21:05
	the majority of human beings are born and live	21:09
	and die in conditions of unremitting suffering,	21:12
	poverty, toil and early death.	21:16
	Thus it is and ever has been.	21:21
	Even today most of the world's peoples live in situations	21:27
	where they are more than likely to be the victims	21:32
	of government rather than its beneficiaries.	21:34
	Just like the people that Jesus addressed	21:40
	in the Sermon on the Mount.	21:42
	And of course we know that Jesus knew	21:45
	what he was talking about	21:47
	because Jesus knew first hand	21:50
	what it's like to have your friends desert you,	21:53
	he knew what it's like to have someone else's spittle	21:57
	run down your cheek,	22:00
	to be whipped, to be dressed up by the police	22:03
	in a royal robe and mocked.	22:07
	He knew what it was like just to hang there	22:10
	while everybody else laughed.	22:13
	When someone strikes you on the cheek,	22:19
	offer him your other cheek as well.	22:22
	If someone asks for your coat,	22:25
	give him your shirt.	22:28
	If you're getting ready to offer your gift	22:31
	up at the altar	22:33
	and someone has something against you,	22:34
	leave your gift at the altar	22:38
	and go set things right with your neighbor.	22:40
	If you will note, the Bible doesn't tell us much	22:43
	to do if we have something against our neighbor.	22:45
	There are no lessons here in assertiveness training	22:50
	and looking out for number one.	22:52
	These are words addressed to victims,	22:55
	those who are persecuted, oppressed, struck down,	22:58
	hungry, sick, if a Roman soldier says to you,	23:02
	Jew, carry my pack a mile,	23:06
	offer to carry it all the way to town.	23:11
	If a Gestapo man shivering in the cold says,	23:15
	give me that coat,	23:19
	offer him your shirt as well.	23:22
	Fred Craddock notes that these Beatitudes	23:26
	belong not only to the poor and the hungry	23:32
	and the persecuted but they belong to us all as well	23:34
	because if you think about it,	23:38
	all of us at some point or another are victims.	23:42
	I'm a victim,	23:48
	I was invited to preach this Sunday at Disney World	23:50
	but here I am in Durham raining.	23:52
	I'm a victim here.	23:55
	I think I've taught this to my own children.	24:00
	Craddock notes that every parent	24:04
	has this sort of game you go through.	24:05
	The little toddler just learning to walk,	24:08
	stepping, taking first faltering steps,	24:09
	stepping, stepping, right off the porch,	24:12
	falling into the shrubbery.	24:15
	I come running, hold the child in my arms	24:18
	and what do you do?	24:21
	Mean old ground hurt this precious one.	24:24
	And I think the child likes it.	24:30
	I've noticed a child gather some comfort from this.	24:31
	Yes, I didn't hit the ground, the ground hit me.	24:35
	I didn't walk off that porch, I was pushed.	24:41
	I'm a victim.	24:44
	And of course, if you in later years	24:48
	with practice you get adept at being a victim.	24:51
	I didn't do poorly in school, I was a victim	24:56
	of an inferior educational system.	24:58
	My parents didn't affirm me enough intellectually	25:03
	or my parents were overindulgent,	25:07
	they gave me everything I wanted,	25:10
	I'm a victim.	25:12
	My parents, my gender,	25:19
	the color of my skin,	25:23
	my economic situation,	25:24
	I'm a victim.	25:26
	When I was in graduate school,	25:30
	I was in this course where they assigned you	25:32
	to read Heidegger's Sein und Zeit,	25:34
	Being and Time.	25:38
	Wretched book.	25:40
	I spent the whole weekend struggling with those concepts,	25:41
	struggling with the hard German	25:45
	and on Monday in class, I confessed to the professor	25:47
	what I understood and the much that I didn't understand,	25:51
	I told him of my struggles.	25:55
	And the professor asked,	26:00
	wait a minute, where are you from,	26:02
	where were you educated?	26:04
	And I said South Carolina,	26:07
	and he said well, there, that explains it.	26:09
	(congregation laughing)	26:11
	You don't have an adequate philosophical background	26:14
	for reading German existentialism.	26:16
	It's not your fault.	26:20
	Yeah, I said, it's not my fault.	26:26
	I'm a victim.	26:31
	They should have put on the dust jacket,	26:33
	not to be read or even attempted by people	26:34
	from South Carolina.	26:36
	I've wasted a whole weekend with this thing.	26:39
	A month ago, listened on the radio	26:45
	to an excruciating account	26:49
	of a young couple in West Virginia	26:51
	who had just been released from prison after a year	26:55
	for the death of their two-year-old son.	26:59
	The little boy died	27:03
	after a three-hour spanking session	27:04
	as the couple was attempting to get him to say he was sorry	27:10
	to another child that he had hit.	27:13
	Bob Edwards interviewing the mother asked,	27:17
	do you feel guilt over what has happened?	27:22
	And she said, yes, of course I feel guilt, anybody would.	27:26
	But anybody would know	27:31
	that I didn't intend this to happen.	27:32
	No, I didn't want this to happen,	27:36
	I consider myself a victim	27:39
	of this fundamentalist Christian commune and its teaching.	27:42
	There's no way in the world	27:47
	I would have done this on my own, I'm a victim.	27:48
	There is great comfort to be had from the reassurance	27:54
	that we are victims.	27:57
	And there's always enough injustice	28:00
	and unfairness and hurt in this world	28:02
	to ensure a steady supply of the victimized.	28:05
	And so, as a preacher, I can rejoice	28:10
	that Jesus had so much to say to the victims	28:12
	because there's always so many of them here	28:16
	on a Sunday morning.	28:18
	And what a wonderful Sunday to have a text like this	28:22
	on this first Sunday that we're broadcasting the service	28:25
	into the rooms of Duke Hospital.	28:28
	But what did Jesus say to the victims?	28:35
	Blessed are you poor.	28:41
	Oh how fortunate are those of you	28:45
	who are hungry.	28:47
	Oh how lucky are you who are oppressed.	28:49
	Love those who hate you, pray for those who abuse you.	28:55
	Did he say, did Jesus say	29:00
	when your belly is bloated with hunger,	29:04
	cower in the corner and contemplate the void in you?	29:08
	Did he say when somebody slaps you on the cheek,	29:14
	go sit somewhere and say now I'm a member	29:18
	of the Sorority of the Slapped?	29:21
	When someone says to you,	29:26
	hey Jew, carry this pack,	29:29
	do you go sit somewhere	29:36
	and feel resentment at your victimization,	29:37
	when the doctor walks in the room looking grim	29:41
	and speaks the terrible words,	29:44
	I have some bad news for you,	29:45
	then pull the sheets up over your head	29:49
	and turn your face to the wall and weep.	29:51
	Victim.	29:56
	When they call you those dirty, demeaning names	29:59
	by which they call people of different colors	30:01
	and beliefs and attitudes,	30:03
	clench your fist and wait for the day	30:08
	when you can call them something?	30:11
	No, no, Jesus said, rejoice.	30:15
	When they try to put you down,	30:23
	leap for joy,	30:26
	when they want you to weep, laugh,	30:28
	when they want ya hungry and empty,	30:33
	you show them how full you are.	30:35
	Blessed as you are,	30:39
	don't you let them make a victim of you.	30:40
	Every time you clench your fist,	30:45
	you're just like them.	30:51
	They've won.	30:53
	No, as for you, you turn the other cheek,	30:55
	you turn this thing around.	30:58
	Not everybody has the opportunity	31:00
	to turn it around, turn it around.	31:02
	The question is not if we shall be a victim,	31:06
	no, today's question is how.	31:11
	There's a way to do it.	31:17
	I had no word of comfort for her	31:22
	when we got the news the cancer	31:25
	had already spread too far in her beloved husband.	31:29
	Treatment was pointless.	31:34
	There was nothing to be done but to wait	31:37
	for the inevitable, powerless,	31:40
	impotent, speechless.	31:45
	Loquacious preacher that I am,	31:50
	I had no word of comfort for her.	31:52
	Tragedy does that to people.	31:56
	Even preachers.	31:59
	And with predicted speed,	32:02
	the enemy ravaged his body	32:04
	and defeat was acknowledged at 2:45 p.m. on a Tuesday.	32:08
	We ran up the white flag,	32:13
	and we gathered together the cards	32:16
	that friends had sent and the wilted flowers	32:18
	and I took her back home	32:20
	widowed, bereft, unskilled, under funded,	32:24
	alone, victimized, I thought.	32:29
	Well on Thursday the church gathered for the funeral.	32:37
	One more defeat for the church.	32:41
	No, no, we won't have a winning season	32:43
	this year either it seems.	32:45
	But when the grim dark limousine pulled up	32:50
	to the front door of the church	32:52
	and I stood there and the officious little mortician	32:54
	helped her out of the car,	32:57
	she emerged wearing a red hat	32:58
	and matching red shoes.	33:05
	And as she came up the steps,	33:09
	she said, don't sing anything today but Easter songs.	33:10
	A red hat.	33:18
	And as we sang, I saw old death get up	33:23
	and slink out the back door disgusted.	33:27
	His great defeat just ruined by a red hat.	33:34
	You see, Jesus' word of blessing is this:	33:41
	You saints can turn this thing around.	33:45
	Don't you let them make you a victim.	33:49
	Turn the other cheek, go the second mile,	33:52
	when they want you to weep, laugh	33:56
	and when they ask for your coat,	33:58
	give them your Van Heusen as well.	33:59
	Turn this thing around.	34:01
	We're getting ready to come to the Lord's table.	34:05
	The table of the chief victim, Jesus	34:09
	and it makes all the difference in the world	34:15
	how you come.	34:17
	You know how you're supposed to come.	34:19
	You come down here looking sad	34:21
	and tiptoe down here quietly	34:23
	as if your best friend has died,	34:25
	poor Jesus, we've all gathered today for your funeral.	34:27
	Come to this table of sadness and defeat,	34:32
	sin and sorrow,	34:36
	the table of poor Jesus.	34:39
	Poor Jesus.	34:43
	They said terrible things about you,	34:47
	they did terrible things to you,	34:50
	they spit on you, they nailed you,	34:52
	they killed you.	34:56
	Look how they took your life, Jesus.	34:58
	No.	35:05
	No, don't you come to my table in sadness.	35:07
	Don't you come down here in tears, rejoice.	35:11
	You dance down here.	35:14
	'Cause nobody took my life.	35:19
	I gave my life.	35:23
	I gave my life.	35:27
	(meditative jazzy trumpet music)	35:46
-	The Lord be with you.	39:29
	(congregation mumbling)	39:30
	Let us pray.	39:32
	Holy God, we pray for your human family everywhere.	39:34
	(congregation mumbling)	39:40
	Grant that all who are baptized into Christ	39:42
	may faithfully serve you.	39:45
	(congregation mumbling)	39:48
	Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake.	39:52
	(congregation mumbling)	39:56
	Have compassion on those who suffer	39:59
	from any grief or trouble.	40:02
	(congregation mumbling)	40:04
	Give to the departed eternal rest.	40:07
	(congregation mumbling)	40:10
	We praise you for your saints	40:13
	who have entered into joy.	40:15
	(congregation mumbling)	40:18
	Let us pray for our own needs	40:22
	and those of others.	40:24
	In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.	40:43
	Christ invites to his table	40:49
	all who love him and who desire	40:52
	to live in peace with one another.	40:55
	Let us stand and offer each other signs	40:58
	of God's peace and love.	41:01
	(congregation mumbling)	41:04
	As forgiven and reconciled people,	41:33
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	41:37
	You may be seated.	41:41
	(tranquil organ music)	41:44
	(lively organ music)	44:57
	♪ Oh when the saints ♪	45:19
	♪ Go marching in ♪	45:27
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	45:37
	♪ Oh, I want to be in that number ♪	45:53
	♪ When the saints go marching in ♪	46:11
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	46:23
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	46:26
	♪ I want to be in that number ♪	46:30
	♪ When the saints go marching in ♪	46:35
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	46:41
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	46:45
	♪ I wanna be in that number ♪	46:51
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	46:56
	♪ Oh we've all ♪	47:08
	♪ Had friends and loved ones ♪	47:13
	♪ Who've gone on ♪	47:22
	♪ Before ♪	47:28
	♪ Oh, one day ♪	47:33
	♪ We want to meet them ♪	47:36
	♪ In that resurrection morn ♪	47:45
	♪ Oh when the saints, oh when the saints ♪	47:56
	♪ Go marching in, go marching in ♪	47:58
	♪ Oh when the saints go marching in ♪	48:00
	♪ Oh, I wanna be in that number ♪	48:06
	♪ Saints go marching in ♪	48:11
	♪ Oh, I want to be ♪	48:16
	♪ I want to be ♪	48:24
	♪ In that number ♪	48:29
	♪ Lord ♪	48:33
	♪ When the saints ♪	48:38
	♪ Go marching ♪	48:42
	♪ In ♪	48:50
	♪ Oh Lord I wanna be in that number ♪	48:53
	♪ When the saints go marching in ♪	48:57
	(lively organ music)	49:06
	(congregation singing)	49:23
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	49:34
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	49:36
	(congregation singing)	49:41
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	49:53
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	49:55
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	49:59
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	50:02
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	50:05
	♪ Amen ♪	50:13
-	The Lord is with you.	50:23
Congregation	And also with you.	50:26
-	Lift up your hearts	50:27
Congregation	Lift up your hearts.	50:28
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.	50:29
Congregation	Give thanks to God thanks and praise.	50:32
-	It is truly right to glorify you, oh God	50:35
	of all creation,	50:38
	God of Abraham and Sarah,	50:41
	God of Miriam and Moses,	50:43
	God of Joshua and Deborah,	50:45
	God of Ruth and David,	50:47
	God of the priests and prophets,	50:49
	God of Mary and Joseph,	50:51
	God of apostles and martyrs,	50:53
	God of our mothers and our fathers,	50:55
	God of our children to all generation,	50:57
	you made us in your image,	51:01
	even when we sinned,	51:03
	you did not desert us,	51:04
	you came to live among us in the form of Jesus our savior	51:07
	and by his baptism with the Holy Spirit,	51:11
	we are made one with you,	51:15
	joining with all the saints	51:19
	and giving voice to every creature under heaven,	51:20
	we acclaim you and glorify your name as we say.	51:24
All	Holy, holy, holy Lord,	51:28
	God of power and might,	51:31
	heaven and Earth are full of your glory.	51:33
	Hosannah in the highest,	51:35
	blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,	51:37
	Hosannah in the highest.	51:40
-	We remember with joy, oh God	51:43
	what your Son did for us	51:46
	on the night he offered himself up	51:49
	for us, he took bread, he gave thanks,	51:50
	broke the bread, gave it to his disciples	51:53
	and said take, eat, this is my body given for you.	51:55
	Do this in remembrance of me.	51:59
	When the supper was offer he took the cup,	52:02
	gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples	52:04
	and said, drink from this all of you	52:06
	for this cup is poured out for you	52:09
	and for many for the forgiveness of sins.	52:12
	Do this as often as you drink it	52:14
	in remembrance of me.	52:17
	Therefore in remembrance of all your mighty acts	52:19
	in Jesus Christ, we ask you to accept this our sacrifice	52:21
	of praise and thanksgiving	52:25
	and granted in praise and thanksgiving,	52:28
	we may be a living sacrifice,	52:30
	holy and acceptable in your sight	52:32
	and that our lives may proclaim the mystery of faith.	52:35
All	Christ has died,	52:38
	Christ has risen, Christ will come again.	52:40
-	Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us	52:43
	and on these gifts	52:45
	that we and these gifts might be made living reminders	52:47
	of your presence in our lives,	52:52
	through your Son Jesus Christ	52:55
	with the Holy Spirit, in your holy church.	52:57
	All honor and glory is yours, Almighty God,	53:00
	now and forever, amen.	53:03
All	Our father who art in heaven,	53:07
	hallowed be thy name,	53:09
	thy kingdom come, thy will be done	53:11
	on Earth as it is in haven.	53:15
	Give us this day our daily bread	53:17
	and forgive us our trespasses	53:19
	as we forgive those who trespass against us	53:21
	and lead us not into temptation	53:25
	but deliver us from evil	53:27
	for thine is the kingdom, and the power	53:29
	and the glory forever.	53:32
	Amen.	53:34
-	When we break the bread,	53:36
	is not a means of sharing	53:38
	in the body of Christ	53:40
	and when we give thanks over the cup,	53:43
	is it not a means of sharing	53:45
	in the blood of Christ?	53:47
	(tranquil organ music)	54:05
	(choir singing)	54:46
	(tranquil organ music)	57:09
	♪ Why should I feel ♪	58:20
	♪ Discouraged ♪	58:26
	♪ And why should the shadows come ♪	58:30
	♪ Why should my heart ♪	58:40

	♪ Jesus is my portion ♪	0:00
	♪ My constant friend is he ♪	0:10
	♪ His eye is on the sparrow ♪	0:19
	♪ And I know he watches me ♪	0:29
	♪ His eye is on the sparrow ♪	0:38
	♪ And I know he watches me ♪	0:48
	♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪	0:58
	♪ I'm happy ♪	1:04
	♪ I sing because I'm free ♪	1:07
	♪ I sing, I'm free ♪
	♪ For his eye ♪	1:16
	♪ His eye ♪
	♪ Is on the sparrow ♪	1:19
	♪ Is on the sparrow ♪
	♪ And I know he watches me ♪	1:28
	♪ I know he watches me ♪
	♪ Let not your heart be troubled ♪	1:39
	♪ His tender word I hear ♪	1:48
	♪ And resting on his goodness ♪	1:57
	♪ I lose my doubts and my fear ♪	2:06
	♪ Though by the path he leadeth ♪	2:14
	♪ But one step I may see ♪	2:24
	♪ His eye is on the sparrow ♪	2:32
	♪ And I know he watches me ♪	2:41
	♪ For his eye is on the sparrow ♪	2:49
	♪ I know he watches me ♪	3:00
	♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪	3:09
	♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪
	♪ I sing because I'm free ♪	3:19
	♪ I sing because I'm so free ♪
	♪ For his eye ♪	3:31
	♪ His eye ♪
	♪ Is on the sparrow ♪	3:34
	♪ Is on the sparrow ♪
	♪ And I know he watches me ♪	3:44
	♪ I know he watches me ♪
	♪ Whenever I am tempted ♪	3:56
	♪ Whenever clouds arise ♪	4:04
	♪ When songs give way to sighing ♪	4:12
	♪ When the hope within me dies ♪	4:20
	♪ I draw the closer to him ♪	4:28
	♪ From cares, he set me free ♪	4:36
	♪ His eye is on the sparrow ♪	4:44
	♪ And I know he watches me ♪	4:53
	♪ For his eye is on the sparrow ♪	5:00
	♪ I know he watches me ♪	5:10
	♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪	5:20
	♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪
	♪ I sing because I'm free ♪	5:28
	♪ I sing because I'm free ♪
	♪ For his eye is on ♪	5:38
	♪ His eye is on ♪
	♪ The sparrow ♪	5:44
	♪ The sparrow ♪
	♪ And I know ♪	5:52
	♪ I know ♪
	♪ He watches me ♪	5:56
	♪ He watches me ♪
	("How Firm a Foundation")	6:10
	♪ How firm a foundation ♪	7:04
	♪ Ye saints of the Lord ♪	7:09
	♪ Is laid for your faith ♪	7:13
	♪ In his excellent word ♪	7:18
	♪ What more can he say ♪	7:22
	♪ Than to you he hath said ♪	7:27
	♪ To you who for refuge ♪	7:32
	♪ To Jesus have fled ♪	7:37
	♪ Fear not, I am with thee ♪	7:43
	♪ Oh, be not dismayed ♪	7:48
	♪ For I am thy God ♪	7:52
	♪ And will still give thee aid ♪	7:57
	♪ I'll strengthen thee, help thee ♪	8:02
	♪ And cause thee to stand ♪	8:07
	♪ Upheld by my righteous ♪	8:11
	♪ Omnipotent hand ♪	8:16
	♪ When through the deep waters ♪	8:22
	♪ I call thee to go ♪	8:27
	♪ The rivers of woe ♪	8:31
	♪ Shall not thee overflow ♪	8:36
	♪ For I will be with thee ♪	8:41
	♪ Thy troubles to bless ♪	8:45
	♪ And sanctify to thee ♪	8:50
	♪ Thy deepest distress ♪	8:55
	♪ The soul that on Jesus ♪	9:01
	♪ Will lean for repose ♪	9:07
	♪ I will not, I will not ♪	9:11
	♪ Desert to his foes ♪	9:16
	♪ That soul, though all hell ♪	9:20
	♪ Should endeavor to shake ♪	9:25
	♪ I'll never, no, never ♪	9:30
	♪ No, never forsake ♪	9:35
-	The true bread and true vine.	10:05
	We have caught sight of a mighty host of saints.	10:09
	We have heard distant sounds of everlasting praise.	10:12
	Breathe on the clay again, O God,	10:17
	and empower us to live out there	10:20
	what we have found to be true in here.	10:23
	Let the congregation say Amen.	10:27
Congregation	Amen.	10:30
	("Battle Hymn of the Republic")	10:34
	♪ Mine eyes have seen the glory ♪	11:36
	♪ Of the coming of the Lord ♪	11:38
	♪ He is trampling out the vintage ♪	11:41
	♪ Where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪	11:45
	♪ He hath loosed the fateful lightning ♪	11:48
	♪ Of his terrible, swift sword ♪	11:51
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	11:54
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	12:01
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	12:06
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	12:12
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	12:17
	♪ I have seen him in the watch fires ♪	12:24
	♪ Of a 100 circling camps ♪	12:27
	♪ They have builded him an altar ♪	12:30
	♪ In the evening dews and damps ♪	12:33
	♪ I can read his righteous sentence ♪	12:36
	♪ By the dim and flaring lamps ♪	12:39
	♪ His day is marching on ♪	12:42
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	12:49
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	12:55
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	13:01
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	13:06
	♪ I have read a fiery gospel ♪	13:13
	♪ Writ in burnished rows of steel ♪	13:15
	♪ As ye deal with my contemners ♪	13:18
	♪ So with you my grace shall deal ♪	13:22
	♪ Let the hero born of woman ♪	13:25
	♪ Crush the serpent with his heel ♪	13:28
	♪ Since God is marching on ♪	13:31
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	13:38
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	13:44
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	13:49
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	13:55
	♪ He has sounded forth the trumpet ♪	14:01
	♪ That shall never call retreat ♪	14:04
	♪ He is sifting out the hearts of men ♪	14:07
	♪ Before his judgment seat ♪	14:10
	♪ Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer him ♪	14:13
	♪ Be jubilant, my feet ♪	14:16
	♪ Our God is marching on ♪	14:20
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	14:27
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	14:32
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	14:38
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	14:44
	♪ In the beauty of the lilies ♪	14:50
	♪ Christ was born across the sea ♪	14:53
	♪ With a glory in his bosom ♪	14:56
	♪ That transfigures you and me ♪	14:59
	♪ As he died to make men holy ♪	15:02
	♪ Let us die to make men free ♪	15:06
	♪ While God is marching on ♪	15:09
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	15:15
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	15:21
	♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪	15:27
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	15:32
-	And now may the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,	15:44
	the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit	15:47
	be with you all now and always.	15:50
	♪ His truth is marching on ♪	15:55
	(lively music)	16:22
	(audience applauds)	21:41
	(audience chatters)	22:00

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Title:

William H. Willimon - "Victorious, Victims" (November 2, 1986)

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Sermon start time: 19:15. Sermon end time: 35:30.
This sermon talks about how everyone is victimized in some way and at some point while living in this wounded world, as was Jesus. Yet Jesus doesn’t want his disciples to return evil with evil. Surprisingly, he calls the victimized “blessed”, so that the wounded ones can approach the Lord’s table with joy and hope. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)

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Date:

November 2, 1986

Speaker:

Willimon, William H.

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Luke

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Luke 6:20-36

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Duke University. Chapel

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