You called your apostles; they came to you--
weak as they were, fools for your sake--
for a life of disrepute, hunger, thirst,
weariness, nakedness, beatings.
In spite of their misfortunes
you made them fruitful;
make us fruitful too
in humbleness.
weak as they were, fools for your sake--
for a life of disrepute, hunger, thirst,
weariness, nakedness, beatings.
In spite of their misfortunes
you made them fruitful;
make us fruitful too
in humbleness.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Gen. 41:46-57
1 Cor. 4:8-21
Mark 3:7-19a
Selected Verses
Ps. 119:75
I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right,
and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
Gen. 41:52
[Joseph's] second [son] he named Ephraim, "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortunes."
1 Cor. 4:10-12a
We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, and we grow weary from the work of our own hands.
Mark 3:13-14a
[Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve…
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