[From Nov. 16, 2014 archive]
Lord Jesus Christ,
forgive us
that we tithe mint,
dill, and cummin
while we neglect
justice, mercy, and faith,
though destruction
and violence are before us,
and though everywhere
strife and contention arise.
Transform, we pray,
the body of our humiliation,
so that it may be
conformed to the body of your glory,
and that your saving
power may be known over all the earth.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93
Hab. 1:1-2:1
Phil. 3:13-4:1
Matt. 23:13-24
Selected Verses
Ps. 67:2
…that your way may be known upon earth,
your saving power among all nations.
your saving power among all nations.
Hab. 1:3b
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
strife and contention arise.
Phil. 3:21
[The Lord Jesus Christ] will transform the body of our
humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power
that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
Matt. 23:23
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and
have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and
faith. It is these you ought to have
practiced without neglecting the others.
…" [Jesus to the crowds and
to his disciples]
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