June 15, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 25, 40, 84
Song of Solomon 2:8-13, 4:1-4a, 5-7, 9-11
2 Corinthians 12:11-21
Luke 19:41-48

II. Selections
Psalm 84:10
For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.

Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree puts forth its figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear that when I come, I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

Luke 19:41-42
As [ Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ... "

III. Meditation: Hidden from our eyes

Hidden from our eyes are the things that make for peace.
The fragrance of the vines in blossom, the figs on the tree,
all beguile us; we think we want to fall in love and go away.

But we may not find things as we wish;
we may not be found as the other wishes;
quarreling, anger, and disorder may ensue.

We do not see that a day in your courts
would be better than a thousand elsewhere;
all these things are hidden from our eyes.