If we dress in fine
clothes, feasting sumptuously,
and build a house on
high to separate ourselves
from the brother who
lies naked at the gate,
and from the sister who
lacks daily food;
and if we tell them to
stay warm and
to eat well, but give
them no aid;
what good are our
blessings?
May your steadfast love
and righteousness
make us faithful
to act in love
ourselves.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
Hab. 2:1-4, 9-20
James 2:14-26
Luke 16:19-31
Selected Verses
Ps. 85:10
Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
Hab. 2:9
"Alas for you who get evil gain for your house,
setting your nest on high
to be safe from the reach of harm!"
setting your nest on high
to be safe from the reach of harm!"
[The LORD speaking through the prophet]
James 2:15-16
If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and
one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,"
and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?
Luke 16:19-20
"…There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and
fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus,
covered with sores…" [Jesus to the
Pharisees]
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