We praise you, O God,
for you are righteous,
you are gracious, you
are merciful.
Only you are God, and
you have created us--
all the peoples who
dwell on earth.
Teach us that because
we all have one Creator,
we must not be faithless
to one another.
O God, we know not
what tomorrow will bring,
only that we are a
mist that appears for
a little while and soon
vanishes--and we do not
know when your kingdom
will come,
only that when we are
with the Lord Jesus,
trying to live according
to your will,
then your kingdom already
is among us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Mal. 2:1-16
James 4:13-5:6
Luke 17:20-37
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
our God is merciful.
our God is merciful.
Mal. 2:10
Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another,
profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
James 4:14
Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little
while and then vanishes.
Luke 17:20-21
Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of
God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with
things that can be observed; nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or
'There it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom
of God is among you."
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