Loving, merciful God,
ready to feed us with the finest wheat,
to satisfy us with
honey from the rock, we turn to you.
Like our ancestors we
have stiffened our necks;
we have gone away
from where you led us.
Occasions for
stumbling have come,
and our world has
fallen over them,
and the suffering has
been horrific.
We are beset by woes,
but the ones
who bear the greatest
burdens are the poor
and forsaken--the
orphaned, widowed, wounded.
They yearn, we all
yearn, for your healing of the nations.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Neh. 9:1-25
Rev. 21:22-22:5
Matt. 18:1-9
Selected Verses
Ps. 81:16
"…I would feed you with the finest of the
wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Neh. 9:17
…[our ancestors] refused to obey, and were not mindful of
the wonders that you performed among them; but they stiffened their necks and
determined to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious
and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and you did not
forsake them.
Rev. 22:2b
On either side of the river is the tree of life with its
twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the
tree are for the healing of the nations.
Matt. 18:7
"…Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but
woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes! …"
[Jesus to his disciples]
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