God, you have sown good seeds,
but there are weeds in the crop.
Did you sow the weeds, too,
or just allow them to grow?
Either way, in the Horn of Africa
innocents are pierced by hunger;
deprived of produce of the field,
the lives of babies drain away.
They are not able to stand against
the wrath of drought, of famine
begotten by the weeds of war,
of greed, of our indifference.
The children are poor and needy;
do we not take thought for them?
They need help and a deliverer;
do not let us delay, O our God.
but there are weeds in the crop.
Did you sow the weeds, too,
or just allow them to grow?
Either way, in the Horn of Africa
innocents are pierced by hunger;
deprived of produce of the field,
the lives of babies drain away.
They are not able to stand against
the wrath of drought, of famine
begotten by the weeds of war,
of greed, of our indifference.
The children are poor and needy;
do we not take thought for them?
They need help and a deliverer;
do not let us delay, O our God.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
Lam. 4:1-22
Rev. 6:12-7:4
Matt. 13:24-30
Selected Verses
Ps. 40:17
As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God.
Lam. 4:9
Happier were those pierced by the sword
than those pierced by hunger,
whose life drains away, deprived
of the produce of the field.
Rev. 6:16b-17
"Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?" [The cry of the rich and powerful, and everyone, slave and free, who called to the mountains and rocks]
Matt. 13:27
"…And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ …" [Jesus to his disciples]
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