I. Readings
Psalms 96, 132, 134
Job 12:1; 14:1-22
Acts 12:18-25
John 8:47-59
II. Selections
Psalm 132:1
O LORD, remember in David's favor,
all the hardships he endured ...
Job14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one can.
Acts 12:20
Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him in a body; and after winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
John 8:53
" ...Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Who do you claim to be?" [ The crowd to Jesus]
III. Meditation: Who do you claim to be?
Who do you claim to be?
If you are King, and you are angry with us,
and our lives depend upon your good will,
then we must ask for reconciliation.
But is reconciliation possible?
We have endured many hardships;
this, it seems, does not suffice.
No one can bring a clean thing
out of an unclean ...
can you?
Who do you claim to be?
Are you greater than Abraham,
greater than the prophets, who died?
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