I. Readings
Psalms 31, 43, 143
Genesis 43:16-34
1 Corinthians 7:10-24
Mark 5:1-20
II. Selections
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
Genesis 43:34
Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.
1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human masters.
Mark 5:3-4
[ A man with an unclean spirit] lived among the tombs; and no one could restrain him any more, even with a chain; for he had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.
III. Meditation: A price for the triumph
The man from the tombs was a slave
whom no human could shackle or chain.
Only you can triumph over evil,
and you paid a price for the victory.
We stretch out our hands to you;
Our soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Give us an ample portion, that we many drink
and be merry with you in your triumph.
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