Crumbs from Our Table?--Jan. 30, 2017

O God, you are a stronghold for the oppressed,

but many in our world live in troubled times.

Two things are befalling them, devastation

and destruction, famine and warfare.

Who will grieve with them;

who will comfort them?

Send the Spirit of your Son into our heart;

help us realize that these oppressed

 also are your children. Surely

they deserve more than  

the crumbs that fall

 from our table.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9

Isa. 51:17-23

Gal. 4:1-11

Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses

Ps. 9:9

The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,
          a stronghold in times of trouble. 

Isa. 51:19

These two things have befallen you
         --who will grieve with you? --
devastation and destruction, famine and sword--
          who will comfort you? 

Gal. 4:6-7

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”  So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

Mark 7:28

But [the Gentile woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit] answered [Jesus], “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 

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