O God, you execute justice for the oppressed,
you give food to the hungry.
What is sown in weakness and dishonor
you raise in power and glory.
We remember the millions who groan
as they search for bread,
who sell everything they hold dear
to stave off starvation.
Mothers are weary, carry starving infants;
fathers feel helpless and worthless.
We wonder, till they find food
can we find your rest?
you give food to the hungry.
What is sown in weakness and dishonor
you raise in power and glory.
We remember the millions who groan
as they search for bread,
who sell everything they hold dear
to stave off starvation.
Mothers are weary, carry starving infants;
fathers feel helpless and worthless.
We wonder, till they find food
can we find your rest?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
Lamentations 1:1-12
1 Cor. 15:41-50
Matt. 11:25-30
Selected Verses
Ps. 146:5, 6c-7b
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God…
who keeps faith forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
Lamentations 1:11
All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they trade their treasures for food
to revive their strength.
Look, O Lord, and see
how worthless I have become.
1 Cor. 15:42b-43
What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
Matt. 11:28
"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. …" [Jesus to the crowds]
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