Dear God, the poor
are despoiled, the needy groan;
refugees are
perishing, lost, maimed, tortured--
in need of a shepherd
to heal, nourish, and
care for them, and to
place them in
the safety for which
they long.
Have we forgotten that
each of these lost sheep
is your temple, that
your Spirit dwells in them?
And do you not call
us to have mercy on them?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7
Zech. 11:4-17
1 Cor. 3:10-23
Luke 18:31-43
Selected Verses
Ps. 12:5
“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the LORD;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”
I will now rise up,” says the LORD;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”
Zech. 11:16
For I am now raising up in the land a shepherd who does not
care for the perishing, or seek the wandering, or heal the maimed, or nourish
the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their
hoofs.
1 Cor. 3:16
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's
Spirit dwells in you?
Luke 18:38
Then [the blind beggar] shouted, "Jesus, Son of David,
have mercy on me!"
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