[from the May 20, 2004 archive]
Jesus, you have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
When the court sits in judgment and the books are opened,
yours is the power to decide.
Yet you surrendered your power and authority
to share our lives of flesh and blood, so that
through death you might destroy the one
who has the power of death.
Let us be joyful and exult before you;
let us be jubilant with joy, for you
have freed us who by the fear
of death have been held
in slavery.
When the court sits in judgment and the books are opened,
yours is the power to decide.
Yet you surrendered your power and authority
to share our lives of flesh and blood, so that
through death you might destroy the one
who has the power of death.
Let us be joyful and exult before you;
let us be jubilant with joy, for you
have freed us who by the fear
of death have been held
in slavery.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Dan. 7:9-14
Heb. 2:5-18
Matt. 28:16-20
Selected Verses
Ps. 68:3
But let the righteous be joyful;
let them exult before God;
let them be jubilant with joy.
Dan 7:10c
The court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.
Heb. 2:14
Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.
Matt. 28:18b
"…All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. …" [Jesus to the eleven disciples]
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