What shall I return to
you, O God,
for all your goodness to
me?
Shall I promise to do
everything
you have asked me to do?
Shall I depend upon the
goodness
of my ancestry to pay
you?
Or shall I lead a life
worthy of you,
fully pleasing to you,
as I
bear fruit in every good
work, and
grow in knowledge of
you?
None of these would
suffice, not
even the sum of all
together.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Exod. 19:1-16
Col. 1:1-14
Matt. 3:7-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:12
What shall I return to the LORD
for all his bounty to me?
for all his bounty to me?
Exod. 19:6a
The people all answered [Moses] as one: "Everything
that the LORD has spoken we will do."
Col. 1:10
…so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully
pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the
knowledge of God.
Matt. 3:8-9
“…Bear fruit worthy of repentance. Do not presume to
say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is
able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
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