To Be Healed--Feb. 12, 2011

Lord, you rejoice in your people
as a young man rejoices in his bride.
You call us to you, to be healed.

Sooner or later, the time comes
when you hide your face
and take away our breath.

The time of our departure comes;
we die,
return to dust.

But is your face really hidden then,
or is it just another way
that you call us to you, to be healed?

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
Isa. 61:10-62:5
2 Tim. 4:1-8
Mark 10:46-52

Selected Verses
Ps. 104:29
When you hide your face, [your creatures] are dismayed;
      when you take away their breath, they die
      and return to their dust.

Isa. 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman,
      so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
      so shall your God rejoice over your.

2 Tim. 4:6
As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come.

Mark 10:49a
Jesus stood still and said, “Call [Bartimaeus] here.”