To save their lives, Lord, the Gibeonites
pretended to be who they were not.
Similarly, in fear of his life, Peter
pretended to be who he was not.
In their places, we might have
pretended like the Gibeonites,
might have denied like Peter.
Restore us, O God of hope,
from our deceitful ways.
Let your face shine,
that we may be saved.
Fill us with joy and peace
in believing, so that by the power
of your Holy Spirit we may abound in hope,
with no need to pretend to be who we are not.
pretended to be who they were not.
Similarly, in fear of his life, Peter
pretended to be who he was not.
In their places, we might have
pretended like the Gibeonites,
might have denied like Peter.
Restore us, O God of hope,
from our deceitful ways.
Let your face shine,
that we may be saved.
Fill us with joy and peace
in believing, so that by the power
of your Holy Spirit we may abound in hope,
with no need to pretend to be who we are not.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27
Josh. 9:3-21
Rom. 15:1-13
Matt. 26:69-75
Selected Verses
Ps. 80:3
Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Josh. 9:3
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, they on their part acted with cunning: they went and prepared provisions, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended…
Rom. 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Matt. 26:75
Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.
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