Your grace appeared, bringing salvation to all--
there is nothing we can do to earn it.
Even if we are rich, we cannot offer you
a fine house in which to dwell,
or ply you with savory food
to curry your favor.
Lord, you have brought down the powerful
from their thrones, lifted up the lowly;
filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.
Everything is upside down;
is this any way to act?
there is nothing we can do to earn it.
Even if we are rich, we cannot offer you
a fine house in which to dwell,
or ply you with savory food
to curry your favor.
Lord, you have brought down the powerful
from their thrones, lifted up the lowly;
filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.
Everything is upside down;
is this any way to act?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 50; 147:1-11; 53; 17
2 Sam. 7:1-17
Titus 2:11-3:8a
Luke 1:39-56
Selected Verses
Ps. 50:9-10
"…I will not accept a bull from your house,
or goats from your folds.
For every wild animal of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills. …" [God the LORD]
2 Sam. 7:6
I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle. [The LORD instructing Nathan what to say to David]
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all…
Luke 1:52-53
"…He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty. …" [Mary]
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