Your invitation was unequivocal,
Jesus.
It was to kings and
commoners, young and old,
women and men--you show
no partiality.
We try to resist you, want
to limit your invitation
to people more like
ourselves, but we fail.
Let anyone who is
thirsty come to me, you said.
To accept your
invitation, we too must
be ready to accept everyone.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 88; 148; 6; 20
Job 9:1-15, 32-35
Acts 10:34-48
John 7:37-52
Selected Verses
Ps. 148:1a, 11-12
Praise the LORD!…
Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
Young men and women alike,
old and young together!
princes and all rulers of the earth!
Young men and women alike,
old and young together!
Job 9:4
"[God] is wise in heart, and mighty in strength--who
has resisted him, and succeeded?
…" [Job]
Acts 10:34
Then Peter began to speak to [Cornelius and his household]:
"I truly understand that God shows no partiality…"
John 7:37-38a
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus
was standing there, he cried out, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and
let the one who believes in me drink.
…"
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