before you as we plead for you to take action.
Seeing a sign, eagerly we ask, “Lord, is this the time?”
We forget that a long time may pass between the
planting of your vineyard and your return.
We forget that in your kingdom you demand
justice for the poor and oppressed; we
forget we are mortals, not gods.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
1 Sam. 1:1-20
Acts 1:1-14
Luke 20:9-19
Selected Verses
Ps. 82:6-7
I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
and fall like any prince.”
1 Sam. 1:15
But Hannah answered [Eli], “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD. …”
Acts 1:6-7
So when they had come together, [the apostles] asked [the risen Jesus], “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. …”
Luke 20:9
[Jesus] began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. …”
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