[From June 27, 2014 archive]
Loving God, in your
grace you have given us
a free gift--the
grace of Jesus Christ--
which has abounded
for many.
Like the blind by the
roadside
we call to Jesus to
have mercy on us;
like Israel in the
desert we cry out in despair.
But the terrible
darkness that so frightens us
is not dark to you, O
Lord, for to you
the night is as
bright as the day.
By your light lead
us;
by your grace,
calm our
fear.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Num. 20:1-13
Rom. 5:12-21
Matt. 20:29-34
Selected Verses
Ps. 139:12
…even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Num. 20:5
"…Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to bring us
to this wretched place? It is no place
for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; and there is no water to
drink." [The people to Moses]
Rom. 5:15b
For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much
more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one
man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.
Matt. 20:30
There were two blind men sitting by the roadside. When they heard that Jesus was passing by,
they shouted, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
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