October 17, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 130, 139
Hosea 13:9-16
Acts 28:1-16
Luke 9:28-36

II. Selections
Psalm 130:1-2
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications.

Hosea 13:10
Where now is your king, that he may save you? ;
Where in all your cities are your rulers,
of whom you said,
"Give me a king and rulers"? ;

Acts 28:6
[ The natives on Malta] were expecting [ Paul] to swell up or drop dead [ from the viper bite], but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.

Luke 9:29
And while [ Jesus] was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.

III. Meditation: For someone to follow

We have no leader to save us, O God,
as out of the depths we cry to you.
Hear our voice! Like the Maltese,
we swing from extreme opinion
to extreme opinion in pursuit
of a savior. Could it be he
whose face changed and
whose clothes turned
to dazzling white
as he prayed?