All One in Christ Jesus--Jan. 28, 2017

O God, you are our God.

You have made us, and we are yours.

Yours is the rock from which we were hewn,

yours is the quarry from which we were dug.

We are your people, the sheep of your pasture,

and all of us are one in Christ Jesus.

Save our hearts from evil.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

Isa. 51:1-8

Gal. 3:23-29

Mark 7:1-23

Selected Verses

Ps. 100:3

Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Isa. 51:1

Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness,
          you that seek the LORD.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
          and to the quarry from which you were dug. 

Gal. 3:28

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Mark 7:21-22

For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly.