A Call to Mercy--Nov. 22, 2016

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.” 

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!"