March 16, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 42, 84
Zechariah 9:9-12
1 Timothy 6:12-16
Luke 19:41-48

II. Selections
Psalm 84:4
" ...Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked." [ God speaking in the divine council]

Zechariah 9:10a,b
[ Your king] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations ...

1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Luke 19:41-42
As [ Jesus] came near and saw [ Jerusalem], 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

Teach us things hidden from our eyes:
How to fight the good fight of the faith;
how to rescue the weak and the needy and
deliver them from the hand of the wicked;

how to cut off the weapons of war
and command peace to the nations;
how to take hold of the eternal life
to which you have called us.