How often we commit a
wrong and, in our shame,
follow the first with
an even greater wrong!
Is it because we
think only of ourselves?
Hem us in, behind and
before,
and lay your hand
upon us.
Remind us that we
must please our neighbor
for the good purpose
of building up the neighbor.
Remind us, God, that
is how our joy will be fulfilled.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139
2 Sam. 13:1-22
Rom. 15:1-13
John 3:22-36
Selected Verses
Ps. 139:5
You
hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
and lay your hand upon me.
2 Sam. 13:16
But
[Tamar] said to [Amnon], “No, my brother; for this wrong in sending me away is
greater than the other that you did to me.” But he would not listen to her.
Rom. 15:1-2
We
who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please
ourselves. Each of us must please our
neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor.
John 3:29-30
"…He
who has the bride is the bridegroom. The
friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the
bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my
joy has been fulfilled. …" [John the Baptist to his disciples]
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