When Human Effort Fails Us--June 11, 2015

Some experiences of the divine are so holy,

no one dares to attempt to describe them.

Some songs of praise so exuberant,

it is useless to try to suppress them.

Some amorous affections so strong,

only poetry begins to express them.

And our debts to God so enormous,

we can't even begin to repay them.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130

Song of Sol. 1:1-3, 9-11, 15-16a; 2:2-3a

2 Cor. 12:1-10

Luke 19:28-40

Selected Verses

Ps. 116:12

What shall I return to the LORD
          for all his bounty to me? 

Song of Sol. 2:2-3a

As a lily among brambles,

            so is my love among maidens.

As an apple tree among the trees of the wood,

            so is my beloved among young men.

2 Cor. 12:3a, 4

And I know that such a person…was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat.

Luke 19:39-40

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to [Jesus], "Teacher, order your disciples to stop."  He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out."