In Christ, Who Is Our Peace--Jan. 17, 2013

 Holy One of Israel, you have shown us

what your hand has done, what you have created.

Grant that we may see and know--in Christ,

who is our peace, you have proclaimed peace to all.

Grant that we may consider and understand,

in Christ you have broken down walls that divide us.

We rejoice in you, O God, and give thanks,

for in Christ, who is our peace, our sins are forgiven.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 147:12-20

Isa. 41:17-29

Eph. 2:11-22

Mark 2:1-12

Selected Verses

Ps. 97:12

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,
          and give thanks to his holy name!

Isa. 41:20

… so that all may see and know,
          all may consider and understand,
that the hand of the LORD has done this,
          the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Eph. 2:14, 17

For [Christ Jesus] is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.  …So [Christ] came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near…

Mark 2:5

When Jesus saw [the faith of the four who carried the paralytic], he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”