[from May 18, 2004 archive]
You have broken our proud glory,
turned our sky to iron and our earth to copper.
You have brought us into the net,
and we are caught.
You have laid burdens on our backs,
and people have ridden over our heads.
Have mercy on us, and bring us out into a broad place,
free from the thorns that are choking our lives,
for you have given yourself as a ransom for all.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Lev. 26:1-20
1 Tim. 2:1-6
Matt. 13:18-23
Selected Verses
Ps. 66:11-12
You brought us into the net;
you laid burdens on our backs;
you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
Lev. 26:19
I will break your proud glory, and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like copper. [Moses, speaking for God]
1 Tim. 2:5-6
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all--this was attested at the right time.
Matt. 13:22
"…As for the one sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. …" [Jesus to his disciples]
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