Bountifully you have dealt with us, O
God!
Before
we loved you, you loved us.
Sometimes we reject your love, though--
sometimes we want to be left alone,
especially if the alternative is to love
those
whom we deem unworthy of love.
When we walk thus in pride, bring us low,
O God of truth, justice, and love.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66;
116
Dan. 4:28-37
1 John 4:7-21
Luke 4:31-37
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:7
Return, O my
soul, to your rest,
for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
Dan. 4:37
Now I,
Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
for all his works are truth,
and his ways are justice;
and he is able to bring low
those who walk in pride.
for all his works are truth,
and his ways are justice;
and he is able to bring low
those who walk in pride.
1 John 4:19-20
We love because
he first loved us. Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their
brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister
whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.
Luke 4:33-34a
In the synagogue
there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a
loud voice, "Let us alone! What
have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
…"
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