[From June 5, 2010 archive]
You have made us; we
are yours.
In the fullness of
time you acted for us.
What you have not
planted will be uprooted,
and what you have planted
will flourish and grow.
Give us the sweet
sleep of those who labor to do your will,
secure in the
knowledge that you are at work even as we slumber.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63
Eccl. 5:8-20
Gal. 3:23-4:11
Matt. 15:1-20
Selected Verses
Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD is God.
It is he
that made us, and we are his;
we are his
people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or
much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.
Galatians 4:4
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son,
born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under
the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.
Matthew 15:12-13
Then the disciples approached and said to [Jesus], “Do you
know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?” He answered them, “Every plant that my
heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.”
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