Make Your Face to Shine upon Us--Nov. 28, 2016

God of grace, though some may always

resist your word, pray make your face

to shine upon us, so your way may be

known in all the earth, your saving

power among all nations.

Help us cease to do evil

and make us clean, to do good,

 seek justice, rescue the oppressed,

defend the orphan, and plead for the widow.

Then perhaps, even with no need to speak of it,

we will make our faith in you known.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 145; 40; 67

Isa. 1:10-20

1 Thess. 1:1-10

Luke 20:1-8

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 67:1-2

May God be gracious to us and bless us
     and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
that your way may be known upon earth,
     your saving power among all nations. 

Isa. 1:16-17

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
     remove the evil of your doings
     from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
     learn to do good;
seek justice,
     rescue the oppressed,
defend the orphan,
     plead for the widow.

1 Thess. 1:8

For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. 

Luke 20:7

So [the chief priests, scribes, and elders] answered [Jesus] that they did not know where [the baptism of John] came from.