I. Readings
Psalms 96, 132, 134
Ecclesiastes 9:11-18
Galatians 5:1-15
Matthew 16:1-12
II. Selections
Psalm 132:3-5
"I will not enter my house
or get into my bed;
I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
until I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling place for the mighty one of Jacob."
[ vow ascribed to David]
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For no one can anticipate the time of disaster. Like fish taken in a cruel net, and like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.
Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Matthew 16:3b
" ...You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. ... " [ Jesus to the Pharisees and Sadducees who had asked him for a sign]
III. Meditation: Set free from the snare
Even when we think we know
how to interpret the signs of
what will happen, we fail;
and we find ourselves
like fish caught in a cruel
net, birds caught in a snare;
as calamity suddenly falls on us.
Yet we are not slaves of fate;
Whatever happens to us,
Christ has set us free.
We can stand firm
as we vow to find a
place for you in our lives,
ere we give sleep to our eyes.
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