Deliver My Soul from Death--March 29, 2016

Lord Jesus, you have delivered

our feet from stumbling

and our eyes from tears;

deliver too our souls from death.

When our time to die has come,

it will not matter if the

dough is not leavened--

our preparations will not matter.

What matters is to be made alive

in you.  Then there is

no need for weeping,

no need for time of mourning.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116

Exod. 12:28-39

1 Cor. 15:12-28

Mark 16:9-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 116:8

For you have delivered my soul from death,
          my eyes from tears,
          my feet from stumbling. 

Exod. 12:39

[The fleeing Israelites] baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt; it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

1 Cor. 15:22

…for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.

Mark 16:10

[Mary Magdalene] went out and told those who had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping [that she had seen the risen Lord].