I. Readings
Psalms 31, 43, 143
Genesis 41:1-13
1 Corinthians 4:1-7
Mark 2:23-3:6
II. Selections
Psalm 43:2a
For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off? ;
Genesis 41:7
The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream.
1 Corinthians 4:4
I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
Mark 3:5
[ Jesus] looked around at [ the people in the synagogue] with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
III. Meditation: Swallowed up
The thin ears swallow up the plump ears,
and not only in our dreams.
We look to you for refuge,
but it seems you cast us off.
We wonder why; we are not aware
of anything against ourselves-
yet we are not thereby acquitted.
Surely our hardness of heart grieves you,
even as you show your compassion to others.
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