"What are you looking for?" Jesus asked Andrew and friend.
They said they wanted to see where Jesus was staying,
but was that their real objective?
"Where is your brother?" asked God of Cain.
Cain dissembled, too. God was not
deceived, nor was Jesus.
God punished Cain, who said
his punishment was too hard for him to bear.
Andrew was not looking for testing and suffering,
yet surely his Lord was tested and suffered;
tradition says Andrew died a martyr.
It is hard to face your questions, Lord;
but this we can affirm: The earth
is full of your steadfast love.
They said they wanted to see where Jesus was staying,
but was that their real objective?
"Where is your brother?" asked God of Cain.
Cain dissembled, too. God was not
deceived, nor was Jesus.
God punished Cain, who said
his punishment was too hard for him to bear.
Andrew was not looking for testing and suffering,
yet surely his Lord was tested and suffered;
tradition says Andrew died a martyr.
It is hard to face your questions, Lord;
but this we can affirm: The earth
is full of your steadfast love.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33
Gen. 4:1-16
Heb. 2:11-18
John 1:29-42
Selected Verses
Ps. 33:5
[The LORD] loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
Gen. 4:12-13
"…When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth." Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear! …" [The LORD punishes Cain for slaying his brother]
Heb. 2:18
Because [Jesus] himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
John 1:38
When Jesus turned and saw [Andrew and another of John's disciples] following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
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