(MATTHEW 22;1-14) IMPROPERIA #1 & #2

IMPROPERIA #1

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

I INVITED YOU TO MY SON’S WEDDING

BUT YOU DID NOT COME

WHY

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

I SENT MESSENGERS TO TELL OF FATTED CALVES

YOU ABUSED AND KILLED THEM

WHY

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

IN MY ANGER I SLEW THE GUESTS

HEART BROKEN I CRIED OUT

WHY

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME!

THEN IN REMORSE

I SAID GO TO THE HIGHWAYS

AND INVITE ALL YOU FIND

MY OTHER GUESTS HAVE PROVEN UNWORTHY

GATHER GOOD AND BAD

MY HOUSE WILL BE FILLED

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU,

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME!

HE CAME INTO THE HALL

AND FOUND A GUEST

WHO WAS NOT WEARING

THE SUPPLIED WHITE GARMENT

HE SAID TO HIS SERVANTS BIND HIM

AND THROW HIM OUTSIDE THE GATE

HE IS AS UNWORTHY AS MY FIRST GUESTS

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU,

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

WHAT MORE COULD I HAVE DONE FOR YOU

THAT YOU WOULD REFUSE THE WHITE GARMENT

WHY

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

FRANK A VOLLMER

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IMPROPERIA #2

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

I INVITED YOU TO MY SON’S WEDDING

BUT YOU DID NOT COME

YOU WERE TOO BUSY

AM I NOT IMPORTANT TO YOU

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

I SENT MESSENGERS TO TELL OF FATTED CALVES

YOU ABUSED AND KILLED THEM

THEN I KILLED YOU

NO WINNER THERE

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

MY SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED

MUST HAVE A FULL WEDDING PARTY

WHOM SHALL I INVITE

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME!

I SAID TO MY SERVANTS

I SAID GO TO THE HIGHWAYS

AND INVITE ALL YOU FIND

MY OTHER GUESTS HAVE PROVEN UNWORTHY

GATHER GOOD AND BAD

MY HOUSE WILL BE FILLED

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU,

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME!

HE CAME INTO THE HALL

AND FOUND A GUEST

WHO WAS NOT WEARING

THE SUPPLIED WHITE GARMENT

HE SAID TO HIS SERVANTS BIND HIM

AND THROW HIM OUTSIDE THE GATE

HE WANTED THE FOOD

BUT NOT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A GUEST

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU,

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU

ANSWER ME

WHAT MORE COULD I HAVE DONE FOR YOU

THAT YOU WOULD REFUSE THE WHITE GARMENT

WHY

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

THERE IS A RUMOR

THAT JESUS COMING TO THE BANQUET

INVITED THE MAN WHO WAS THROWN OUT

IN

IT’S NEVER TO LATE

AGIOS O THEOS, AGIOS ISCHYROS,
AGIOS ATHANATOS ELEISON IMAS.
HOLY IS GOD, HOLY AND STRONG,
HOLY IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US

FRANK A VOLLMER

(MATTHEW 21:33-46) VINEYARD

I OFTEN WISH I WERE A JEWISH PEASANT

SITTING IN A CROWD

ON A HILLSIDE

HEARING JESUS TELL HIS STORIES

KNOWING THE FLAVOR OF THE WORDS

THE TENOR OF THE TIMES

CONDITION OF LIFE

FOR THE LISTENER

MANY TIMES

WE SPEND SO MUCH IN STUDYING THE WORD

WE MISS THE WORD

BEHIND ALL THE ERUDITION

ARE THE SIMPLE WORDS

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

IN THE GOSPEL STORY

OF THE TENANTS

WE FIND GOD

AS THE VINEYARD OWNER

THE VINEYARD IS GIVEN TO US TO WORK

TO MAKE AND SUSTAIN THE GARDEN

THE WAY GOD MADE IT

TO BE SHARECROPPERS FOR GOD

THEY KNEW HOW TO BE SHARECROPPERS

YOU WORKED FOR A SHARE OF THE PROFITS

BUT THERE WERE SOME

WHO FELT

BY PROMINENCE OF POSITION

THAT THE GARDEN WAS THEIRS

SO THAT WHEN SERVANTS

OF THE MASTER CAME

FOR HIS SHARE

THE ABUSED AND KILLED THEM

WHEN FURTHER SERVANTS CAME

THEY SLEW THEM TOO

FINALLY THE MASTER’S SON CAME

THEY SLEW HIM TOO

SAYING

WITH HIM DEAD

WE OWN THE GARDEN

IN WHAT WORLD WERE THEY DWELLING

WHAT FANTASY WAS THEIRS

BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT WE DO

WHEN WE SAY

SOMEONE

DOESN'T BELONG TO THE KINGDOM

AREN'T WE ACTING

LIKE WE OWN THE GARDEN

AND IT’S NOT OURS

AREN'T WE ACTING LIKE WE OWN THE GARDEN

WHEN WE DETERMINE

WHO SHALL EAT BREAD

WHO SHALL EAT CRUMBS

AND GUARD OUR TABLE JEALOUSLY

AREN'T WE ACTING LIKE WE OWN THE GARDEN

WHEN WE DETERMINE

WHO SHALL BE SLAVE

WHO SHALL BE FREE

SO THAT WHEN JESUS SAID

THEY WILL KILL THE SON

AND ACT LIKE OWNERS

THE CROWD LOOKED AT THE CHIEF PRIESTS

AND PHARISEES

AND US

AND KNEW IT TO BE TRUE

FRANK A VOLLMER

(MATTHEW 21;23-32) TWO SONS

ALL OF US AT SOME TIME OR OTHER

HAVE SAID TO THE FATHER

NO

I WILL NOT WORK IN THE VINEYARD

THEN HAD A CHANGE OF HEART

AND WENT

WE CALL IT REPENTANCE

GOD WELCOMES THE REPENTANT SON

THE OTHER

WHO ANNOUNCES HIS LOYALTY

BUT DOES NOTHING

WILL IF HE DOES

ENTER HEAVEN

(WITH THE OTHER PSEUDO GOOD PEOPLE)

WILL FIND ALL THE SINNERS

HAVE GONE IN FIRST

THEY CLAMOR

WHY NOT US FIRST

DO YOU BELIEVE

THAT I AM GOD

YES

THEN WHY HAVEN’T YOU LISTENED TO ME

WHY HAVE YOU NOT COME TO THE VINEYARD

PLEASE TELL MY BRETHREN

THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE

IF SOMEONE CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD

FRANK A VOLLMER

THE MESSAGE

Woe to those who make unjust laws...to deprive the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed. Isaiah 10:1-2

Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of
others. Philippians 2:4

I OFTEN WONDER

IF I’M USING THE RIGHT VERSION

OF THE BIBLE

IT DOESN’T RESEMBLE

THE MESSAGE

DELIVERED BY THE BIBLE THUMBERS

MY VERSION HAS QUOTES

LIKE THE ONES ABOVE

IN FACT

IT HAS MANY SUCH QUOTES

FROM ADAM TO CHRIST

CULMINATING IN CHRIST SAYING

(INCAPSULATING THE BIBLE)

WHATSOEVER YOU DO

 TO THE LEAST OF MY BRETHREN

THAT

YOU DO UNTO ME

HE DIDN’T SAY

WEALTHY

WISE

IMPORTANT

BUT LEAST

HE DIDN’T SAY HIDE THEM

IGNORE THEM

KILL THEM

HE SAID

TREAT THEM AS ME

WHERE IS THAT MESSAGE PREACHED

WHERE IS THAT MESSAGE HEARD

WHERE IS THAT MESSAGE BELIEVED

WHERE IS THAT MESSAGE PRACTICED

WHERE ARE THE VOICES

CALLING FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE

WHERE ARE THE CHURCHES

CALLING FOR GOSPEL LIVING

NOT A MUMBLE

I AM REMINDED

OF A QUOTE BY REINHOLD NIEBUHR

AND OTHERS WHEN THEY SAID

TO ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT’S OLD HAT

READ THE NEWSPAPER

TOLLE  LEGE

READ THE NEWSPAPER

FRANK A VOLLMER