Glory through His Sufferings--May 9, 2013

Some have seen visions of you on a mountain, O God;

for others the heavens opened when they were among exiles.

We find you in Jesus, who was tested by what he suffered,

and who brings us to glory through his sufferings.

 

Clap your hands, all you peoples;

shout to God with loud songs of joy.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113

Ezek. 1:1-14, 24-28b

Heb. 2:5-18

Matt. 28:16-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 47:1

 Clap your hands, all you peoples;
          shout to God with loud songs of joy.

Ezek. 1:1

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Heb. 2:10, 18

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.  … Because [Jesus] himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

Matt. 28:16-17

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.  When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.