O God of compassion,
no more will you forget us
than a woman will
forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion
for the child of her womb;
even if a mother
forgets, you will not forget.
Though the mountains depart
and the hills disappear,
your steadfast love
will not depart from us,
and your covenant of
peace shall not be removed;
you rejoice over finding
a single lost sheep.
Our hope is in your
steadfast love.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 2; 147:1-11; 110; 111
Isa. 49:13-23
Isa. 54:1-13
Matt. 18:1-14
Selected Verses
Ps. 147:10-11
[The LORD's] delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Isa. 49:15
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Isa. 54:10
For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Matt. 18:12-13
"…What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of
them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go
in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it,
truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never
went astray. …" [Jesus to his
disciples]
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