Deal Gently, Jesus, with Our Weakness--May 15, 2015

Lord, you were subject to weakness,

but your weakness in the presence

of power became your strength.

With the weak and wayward

you deal gently, O Jesus;

you regard the lowly,

but you perceive

the haughty

from far away.

And so remind us

of our weakness, Jesus;

let your Spirit enter into us

and set us on our feet to listen,

for you are the Son, the Chosen.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138

Ezek. 1:28-3:3

Heb. 4:14-5:6

Luke 9:28-36

Selected Verses

Ps. 138:6

  For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly;
          but the haughty he perceives from far away.

Ezek. 2:1-2

[The LORD] said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. 

Heb. 5:2

[Jesus] is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness…

Luke 9:35

Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”