God our Father,
you are still working,
and Jesus also is
working;
the earth is satisfied
with
the fruit of your work.
And we are satisfied,
too--
but you have seen how
some
of your children are
mistreated
and have heard their
groaning.
We do not know what
makes
their oppressors so
strong or
how to overpower them--
pray send help to rescue
those who suffer so.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
Judg. 16:1-14
Acts 7:30-43
John 5:1-18
Selected Verses
Ps. 104:13
From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
Judg. 16:5
The lords of the Philistines came to [Delilah] and said to
her, "Coax [Samson], and find out what makes his strength so great, and
how we may overpower him, so that we may bind him in order to subdue him; and
we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."
Acts 7:34
"'…I have surely seen the mistreatment of my people who
are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue
them. Come now, I will send you to
Egypt.' …" [Stephen, quoting God in his conversation
with Moses]
John 5:17
But Jesus answered [those who persecuted him for healing on
the sabbath], "My Father is still working, and I also am working."
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