Shall I feel only the pain in my own body,
and shall I mourn only for myself?
To cover the pain, shall I seek
glory for myself only?
If I glorify myself, how vain the glory!
When I feel only my own pain,
how I cut myself off.
We ascribe all glory to you, O Holy One,
not to other mortals--and surely
no glory to ourselves.
Help us to love others as you love us,
to share in their pain, and to
mourn for their losses.
and shall I mourn only for myself?
To cover the pain, shall I seek
glory for myself only?
If I glorify myself, how vain the glory!
When I feel only my own pain,
how I cut myself off.
We ascribe all glory to you, O Holy One,
not to other mortals--and surely
no glory to ourselves.
Help us to love others as you love us,
to share in their pain, and to
mourn for their losses.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134
Job 12:1, 14:1-22
Acts 12:18-25
John 8:47-59
Selected Verses
Ps. 96:7
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Job 14:22
"…[Mortals] feel only the pain of their own bodies, and mourn only for themselves."
[Job to God]
Acts 12:22-23
The people kept shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a mortal!" And immediately, because [King Herod] had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
John 8:54a
Jesus answered [the Pharisees], "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. …"
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