A Prayer for the Martyred--Oct. 18, 2016

God, you are the strength of your people,

the saving refuge of your anointed.

When you have sent them out

to remind the rulers they

must rule with justice--

sent them out like lambs

into the midst of wolves--

and they suffer the great ordeal,

then may your Lamb be their Shepherd

to guide them to springs of the water of life,

where you will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99

Micah 3:1-8

Rev. 7:9-17

Luke 10:1-16

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 28:8

The LORD is the strength of his people;
          he is the saving refuge of his anointed. 

Micah 3:1

And I said:
Listen, you heads of Jacob
     and rulers of the house of Israel!
Should you not know justice? 

Rev. 7:16-17

"…[The ones who have come out of the great ordeal] will hunger no more, and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat; for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."  [One of the elders]

Luke 10:3

"…Go on your way.  See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.  …"  [Jesus to the seventy he sent out]