Escape from the Power of Darkness--Apr. 27, 2015

Our Father, you rescue us from the power of darkness

and transfer us into the kingdom of your beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

You rescued me; I escaped like a bird from the snare,

for in my distress you broke the snare, and I escaped.

(But from his own accusers your Son did not escape.)

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115

Jer. 30:1-9

Col. 1:1-14

Luke 6:1-11

Selected Verses

Ps. 124:7

We have escaped like a bird
          from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
          and we have escaped.

Jer. 30:7

Alas! that day is so great
          there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
          yet he shall be rescued from it. 

Col. 1:13

[The Father] has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 6:7

The scribes and the Pharisees watched [Jesus] to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.