Millions of the
world's poor and hungry people
are oppressed and
trampled down, O God.
They lie at our gate
and long to satisfy
their hunger with
what falls from
our table.
You have told us what
we should do--welcome
the alien, attend to
the hungry and thirsty--
but we do not listen
to your word or do
as you say.
We have received your
grace and we live
in abundance; in
thanksgiving may we
heed your word and
work to end
all oppression.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Deut. 5:22-33
2 Cor. 4:13-5:10
Luke 16:19-31
Selected Verses
Ps. 56:1
Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me…
all day long foes oppress me…
Deut. 5:27b
"…Then tell us everything that the LORD our God tells
you, and we will listen and do it. …" [The people of Israel to Moses]
2 Cor. 4:15
Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it
extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of
God.
Luke 16:20-21a
"…And at [the rich man's] gate lay a poor man named Lazarus,
covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the
rich man's table…" [Jesus]
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