Jonah's Darkness, and Ours--Oct. 30, 2012

  With you is the fountain of life, O God,

and yours is the kingdom of the world.

Woes after woes fall upon the poor of your world.

Surely you are concerned for the poor; you were

concerned about the citizens of Nineveh who

did not know their right hand from their left.

We do not share your concern for them;

like Jonah, the light in us is darkness.

Forgive our darkness, that in

your light we may see light.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7

Jonah 3:1-4:11

Rev. 11:14-19

Luke 11:27-36

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 36:9

For with you is the fountain of life;
          in your light we see light.

Jonah 4:11

"…And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?"  [The LORD to Jonah]

Rev. 11:14

The second woe has passed.  The third woe is coming very soon.

Luke 11:35

"… Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness.  …"  [Jesus to the crowds]