Who may dwell with
you, O God?
If Jesus had
compassion for the hungry crowd,
shall we have no
compassion for a great city thrown down?
Would it be wrong to
grieve for the people slain,
even if it happened
on a holy day?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Neh. 7:73b-8:3, 5-18
Rev. 18:21-24
Matt. 15:29-39
Selected Verses
Ps. 15:1
O LORD, who may abide in your tent?
Who may dwell on your holy hill?
Who may dwell on your holy hill?
Neh. 8:11
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, “Be quiet,
for this day is holy; do not be grieved.”
Rev. 18:21
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone
and threw it into the sea, saying,
“With such violence Babylon the great city
will be thrown down,
and will be found no more …"
“With such violence Babylon the great city
will be thrown down,
and will be found no more …"
Matt. 15:32
Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have
compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and
have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might
faint on the way.”
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