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Have No Fear, Little Flock   Have no fear, little flock; have no fear little flock, for the Father has chosen to give you the kingdom; have no fear, little flock!   ELW 764   For many of us, though not all of us, this has been a very hard week.  For many of us, though not all of us, the path ahead looks frightening.  For many of us it looks especially frightening for the lives of the poor and marginalized.  In Jesus’ day, this included widows, orphans, strangers, lepers, and anyone else considered unclean.  In our day for those of us who are worried, it is hard not to believe that many, many people will experience greater suffering, except for those who like the rich man in the text from Luke 12 will do well, at least for a time…though the story is clear about a day of reckoning… Hear again the soliloquy of the rich man:  I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’   But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you.