Bewitched--Jan. 29, 2015

[From Jan. 25, 2007 archive]

We know what you have done for us;

we know your great compassion;

but we are bewitched like the Galatians.

You want to feed us with the finest wheat,

satisfy us with honey from the rock,

teach us your wisdom—but we are bewitched.

We are confused, sheep without a shepherd;

but you, more faithful than a mother to her babe,

will neither leave us nor forget us.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116

Isa. 49:13-26

Gal. 3:1-14

Mark 6:30-46

Selected Verses

Ps. 81:16

I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,

            and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

Isa. 49:15

Can a woman forget her nursing child,

            or show no compassion for the child of her womb?

Even these may forget,

            yet I will not forget you.

Gal. 3:1

You foolish Galatians!  Who has bewitched you?  It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Mark 6:34

As [Jesus] went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.