Our worldly leaders call
us to joint action,
but your call is
different, Lord Jesus.
They change, you do
not. We can depend
upon you, not always
upon them.
They lure us with rewards,
you tell us we must
deny ourselves and
prepare to suffer.
They make us compete
with one another,
you ask us to share
tears and joys.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Exod. 1:6-22
1 Cor. 12:12-26
Mark 8:27-9:1
Selected Verses
Ps. 126:5
May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy.
reap with shouts of joy.
Exod. 1:8
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know
Joseph.
1 Cor. 12:26
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one
member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
Mark 8:34
[Jesus] called the crowd with his disciples, and said to
them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and
take up their cross and follow me. …"
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