Father Snort

Brad Sullivan Proper 26, Year C October 30, 2016 Emmanuel, Houston 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 19:1-10 Climbing Trees and the First Winter Breeze “The Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.” Thank God for that! Amen, and Alleluia! I could almost end right there…I won’t, but I almost could. Thank God that the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. It’s a crazy world, and it is pretty easy to get lost in this world. Zacchaeus, as we heard in our Gospel story today, was one who got lost, lost seeking after riches and security for himself. As a tax collector, Zacchaeus was a Jewish man who made his living collecting taxes for Rome. He was the ultimate turncoat. Not only did he not hate Rome, he got rich by collecting exorbitant taxes for an occupying nation from his own people and then taking more than necessary to line his own pockets. He was kinda the scum of the earth, and yet Jesus s