I. Readings
Psalms 9, 62, 73
Hosea 2:2-15
Acts 20:17-38
Luke 5:1-11
II. Selections
Psalm 62:1
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
Hosea 2:8
[My unfaithful wife] did not know
that it was I who gave her
the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished upon her silver
and gold that they used for Baal.
Acts 20:32
" ...And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified. ... " [Paul to the Ephesian Elders]
Luke 5:1-11
But when Simon Peter saw [the boats full of fish], he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"
III. Meditation: Little we know
How little we know:
it is you who gave us
the grain, the wine, the oil;
who lavished upon us silver and gold
that we used for Baal.
How little we know.
And if we do know,
overwhelmed by your largesse,
we send you away, for sinners we are,
and sinners we are wont to be. In silence yet
we wait for you; somehow we sense
from you comes our salvation.
Again the message,
the message of your grace,
a message able to build us up
and give us an inheritance among all
who are sanctified by your grace,
though little we know.
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