September 10, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 5, 29, 82
1 Kings 13:1-10
Philippians 1:1-11
Mark 15:40-47

II. Selections
Psalm 82:4
" ...Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked." [ God, in the divine council]

1 Kings 13:9
" ...For thus I was commanded by the word of the LORD: You shall not eat food, or drink water, or return by the way that you came." [ The man of God to King Jeroboam]

Philippians 1:9
And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight ...

Mark 15:41
These [ women] used to follow [ Jesus] and provided for him when he was in Galilee; and there were many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

III. Meditation: More important

Your word to us is more important
than eating food or drinking water
or returning home by the way we came.

And your word is to rescue the
weak and the needy, and to deliver
them from the hand of the wicked.

The women who used to follow Jesus
and care for him in Galilee followed
him to Jerusalem to care for him there.

Fill us with your overflowing love,
and give us knowledge and insight to
follow Jesus and care for those he loves.