[From Feb. 5, 2013 archive]
There is a pain of
parting from the ones we love.
Jesus had compassion
for the four thousand,
and they must have
reciprocated his love,
but he fed them and
sent them away.
Paul was anxious and
perplexed about his
separation from the
church in Galatia;
he said he felt the
pain of childbirth
until Christ was
formed in them.
Sooner or later we
will all be taken away,
O God, but you will
go before us, will
be our rear guard,
and will keep us
in the safety for
which we long.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7
Isa. 52:1-12
Gal. 4:12-20
Mark 8:1-10
Selected Verses
Ps. 12:5
“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy
groan,
I will now rise up,” says the LORD;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”
I will now rise up,” says the LORD;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”
Isa. 52:12
For you shall not go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight;
for the LORD will go before you,
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
and you shall not go in flight;
for the LORD will go before you,
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Gal. 4:19-20
My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth
until Christ is formed in you, I wish I were present with you now and could
change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Mark 8:1-3
In those days when there was again a great crowd without
anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them, “I have
compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and
have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will
faint on the way--and some of them have come from a great distance.”
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