When our hearts are
hardened,
Lord, and we do not
understand,
how greatly that must
grieve you.
Come, Christ, dwell in
our hearts
through faith, that we
may be
rooted and grounded in
love,
and with our whole hearts
sing your praise.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
Isa. 42:18-43:13
Eph. 3:14-21
Mark 2:23-3:6
Selected Verses
Ps. 138:1
I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise…
before the gods I sing your praise…
Isa. 42:25
So [the LORD] poured upon [Israel] the heat of his anger
and the fury of war;
it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
and the fury of war;
it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
Eph. 3:17
…and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as
you are being rooted and grounded in love.
Mark 3:5
[Jesus] looked around at [his critics] with anger; he was
grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your
hand.”
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