Like the Women Who Followed Jesus--May 16, 2017

Remove the iniquity from our hearts,

O God, as we turn to you in prayer,

for we have not obeyed your voice

or followed your law; of all you

commanded us to do, we have

done nothing.

Teach us to rejoice in hope, to be

patient in suffering, and in prayer

to persevere.

Give us the loyalty and devotion

of the women who followed

Jesus, who out of their own

resources provided for

everyone.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116

Jer. 32:16-25

Rom. 12:1-21

Luke 8:1-15    

Selected Verses

Ps. 66:18-19

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
          the Lord would not have listened.
But truly God has listened;
          he has given heed to the words of my prayer.

Jer. 32:23b

But they did not obey your voice or follow your law; of all you commanded them to do, they did nothing. 

Rom. 12:12

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.

Luke 8:1b-3

The twelve were with [Jesus], as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.