There are those who suffer because they serve;
there are others who simply suffer.
Whatever the cause, we pray
mercy on the sufferers.
There are those who serve until the suffering begins
and who then fall away. Give them courage
born out of love; help them to learn from
Jesus, the Lamb who was slaughtered;
for he is worthy to receive power
and wealth and wisdom
and might and honor
and glory and blessing.
there are others who simply suffer.
Whatever the cause, we pray
mercy on the sufferers.
There are those who serve until the suffering begins
and who then fall away. Give them courage
born out of love; help them to learn from
Jesus, the Lamb who was slaughtered;
for he is worthy to receive power
and wealth and wisdom
and might and honor
and glory and blessing.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
Lam. 2:16-22
Rev. 5:11-6:11
Matt. 13:18-23
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:16
O LORD, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
You have loosed my bonds.
Lam. 2:20
Look, O LORD, and consider!
To whom have you done this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have borne?
Rev. 5:12b
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!"
[The song of myriads of angels surrounding the throne]
Matt. 13:20-21
"…As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. …" [Jesus to his disciples]
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