October 26, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 81, 116, 143
Micah 5:1-4, 10-15
Revelation 9:1-12
Luke 10:25-37

II. Selections
Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
on a level path.

Micah 5:13b
...and you shall bow down no more
to the work of your hands ...

Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Luke 10:30
Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. ... "

III. Meditation: Victims of robbers

We pray for those who have fallen into the hands of robbers,
individual or corporate or governmental robbers,
thieves who have stripped their victims
and left them in a virtual Apocalypse,
half dead, and seeking to be dead.

Forbid that we should bow down
to worship the work of our hands,
or to honor the works of the robbers.
You are our God; teach us to do your will,
and let your good spirit lead us to help the victims.