[For May 7, accidentally reversed with May 8]
God, we are glad we need not fear
to come into your presence.
We fear you, but in the sense of awe, respect.
And we fear being separated from you.
We trust you to be our help and shield;
even after we die, we will trust.
Help us to be pious, in the sense of righteous,
but to avoid making a display of piety.
God, we are glad we need not fear
to come into your presence.
We fear you, but in the sense of awe, respect.
And we fear being separated from you.
We trust you to be our help and shield;
even after we die, we will trust.
Help us to be pious, in the sense of righteous,
but to avoid making a display of piety.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Lev. 16:1-19
1 Thess. 4:13-18
Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18
Selected Verses
Ps. 115:11
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.
Lev. 16:2a
The LORD said to Moses: Tell your brother Aaron not to come just at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain before the mercy seat that is upon the ark, or he will die…
1 Thess. 4:14
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.
Matt. 6:1
"Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. …" [Jesus on the mountain, to his disciples and the crowds]
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