I wanted to be made
free;
you said to be a
servant to others.
I called on you to
save my life;
you said to lose my
life for your sake.
I thought you were
abandoning me;
in compassion you
were gathering me in.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
Isa. 54:1-17
Gal. 5:1-15
Mark 8:27-9:1
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:4
Then
I called on the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I pray, save my life!”
“O LORD, I pray, save my life!”
Isa. 54:7
For
a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
but with great compassion I will gather you.
Gal. 5:13
For
you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom
as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one
another.
Mark 8:35
"…For
those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life
for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. …"
[Jesus to his disciples]
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