December 07, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 16, 102, 130
Amos 5:1-17
Jude 1-16
Matthew 22:1-14

II. Selections
Psalm 102:19-20
...that he looked down from his holy height,
from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die ...

Amos 5:8
The one who made the Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning,
and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea,
and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
the LORD is his name ...

Jude 2
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance.

Matthew 22:9
" 'Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.' ... " [ The king to his slaves, in Jesus' parable of the wedding banquet]

III. Meditation: To the one who made Orion

You made the Pleiades and Orion
and turn darkness into morning,
then darken the day into night;
you call for the waters of the sea
and pour them out on the earth.

You have invited everyone
to your wedding banquet,
to find there mercy, peace,
and love in abundance.

We pray you to look down
on the earth to hear the groans
of the prisoners and set free
those who are doomed to die-
you who made the Pleiades and Orion.