With the Contrite and Humble--Feb. 9, 2015

High and Lofty One, whose name is Holy,

you dwell in the high and holy place

and also with the contrite and humble in spirit.

You are good to all, and your compassion

is over all you have made.

Revive our spirit, make us humble and contrite,

willing to be last of all, servants of all,

part of your new creation.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Isa. 57:14-21

Gal. 6:11-18

Mark 9:30-41

Selected Verses

Ps. 145:9

The LORD is good to all,
          and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Isa. 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty one
          who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place,
          and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
          and to revive the heart of the contrite. 

Gal. 6:15

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything!

Mark 9:35

[Jesus] sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”