We Who Praise Your Name, Jesus--March 28, 2014

Lord Jesus, you gave us your good news,

so that we might share in its blessings.

Wherever you went, you healed the sick;

and the poor ate and were satisfied.

Today there are many who have no food;

nor have they resources to obtain it.

There are many in our world who are sick

but have no way to pay for healing.

Shall they die before our eyes, they and

their drought-stricken countryside?

Shall not we, we who praise your name,

in your name feed and heal them?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130

Gen. 47:1-26

1 Cor. 9:16-27

Mark 6:47-56

Selected Verses

Ps. 22:26a

 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
          those who seek him shall praise the LORD. 

Gen. 47:19a

"…Shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land?  …"  [All the Egyptians who came to Joseph for food]

1 Cor. 9:23

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

Mark 6:56

And wherever [Jesus] went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.