Earthly powers may
treat us fairly or unfairly,
but we depend upon
your steadfast love and mercy.
Woe to us if you
depart from us, or we from you.
Help us to hear your
word,
and to hold it fast
in our hearts,
bearing fruit with
patient endurance.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
Hosea 9:10-17
Acts 24:24-25:12
Luke 8:1-15
Selected Verses
Ps. 51:1
Have
mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Hosea 9:12b
Woe
to [Ephraim] indeed when I depart from them!
Acts 24:12b
Paul
said [at his trial before Festus], "I am appealing to the emperor's
tribunal; this is where I should be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very
well know. …"
Luke 8:15
"…But
as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word,
hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient
endurance. …" [Jesus to his disciples]
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