[from May 5, 2011 archive]
From the beginning we
have heard it from you:
If we have two coats,
our neighbor none, share.
If we have food, our
neighbor is hungry, share.
You care about the
poor who lie in the dust,
about the needy in
the ash heap. You will raise
them up, and you
would have us do our part.
The rich and powerful
do not impress you,
nor should they
impress us. Human empires
will perish; your
kingdom is forever.
We have heard it from
the beginning;
O that what we have
heard
might abide in us!
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Dan. 2:31-49
1 John 2:18-29
Luke 3:1-14
Selected Verses
Ps. 113:7
[The LORD] raises the poor from the dust,
and lifts the needy from the ash heap…
and lifts the needy from the ash heap…
Dan. 2:44-45a
“…And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up
a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to
another people. It shall crush all these
kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever; just as you saw
that a stone was cut from the mountain not by hands, and that it crushed the
iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. …” [Daniel
to King Nebuchadnezzar]
1 John 2:24a
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.
Luke 3:10-11
And the crowds asked [John son of Zechariah], “What then should
we do?” In reply he said to them,
“Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has
food must do likewise.”
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