Martin Luther’s letter during Plague.

[Duke DuTeil]

I borrowed this from a friend’s post. In this pandemic we are facing I offer this for thought and prayer.
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In 1527, the reformer Martin Luther faced an outbreak of the plague in his community. In response he wrote a letter called “Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague,” in which he said these words:

“I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me, however, I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above. See this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God. If you wish to serve Christ and to wait on him, very well, you have your sick neighbor close at hand. Go to him and serve him, and you will surely find Christ in him.”

Claude "Duke" DuTeil
Vergers' Guild of the Episcopal Church
Training Advisor and Financial Secretary

Mobile - please excuse typos and autocorrect.

[fro...@bitstream.net]

Thanks for sharing Duke. I have borrowed it and posted it on my Facebook
page as well as the community page of my parish church. Wishing you well
and that you stay that way. ~ Ford Royer

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[Richard Lammlin]

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> On Mar 16, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Duke DuTeil <duked...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I borrowed this from a friend’s post. In this pandemic we are facing I offer this for thought and prayer.

[Bob Shelton]

Thank you, my church needed to hear that! I have freely distributed that we due credit. I hope that the copyright police have pity on a poor Verger... 

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[Chuck Wibert]

Thanks, Duke!

Chuck Wibert

> On Mar 16, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Duke DuTeil <duked...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> I borrowed this from a friend’s post. In this pandemic we are facing I offer this for thought and prayer.