We Belong to Christ, and Christ Belongs to You--Nov. 25, 2014

You test the minds and hearts,

O righteous God;

may the evil of the wicked come to an end.

The blind beggar called to Jesus for mercy

and received it,

but those who killed Jesus had no pity on him.

Now all that matters belongs to us,

for we belong to Christ,

and Christ belongs to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7

Zech. 11:4-17

1 Cor. 3:10-23

Luke 18:31-43

Selected Verses

Ps. 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
          but establish the righteous,
you who test the minds and hearts,
          O righteous God. 

Zech. 11:5

Those who buy [the sheep] kill them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, "Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich"; and their own shepherds have no pity on them. 

1 Cor. 3:22-23

…whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Luke 18:38

Then [the blind beggar] shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"