To Hear the Groans of the Hungry--April 14, 2014

Father of mercies, God of all consolation,

you have consoled us in all our affliction.

Now enable us to console the afflicted--

may we hear the sound of their weeping,

the groans of those who search for bread;

and hearing, work for ways to feed them,

for Jesus knew what it was to be hungry.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6 

Lam. 1:1-2, 6-12

2 Cor. 1:1-7

Mark 11:12-25

Selected Verses

Ps. 6:8

Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
          for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

Lam. 1:11a

All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. 

2 Cor. 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. 

Mark 11:12

On the following day, when they came from Bethany, [Jesus] was hungry.