Deep Calls to Deep--Sept. 12, 2017

[From Sept. 8, 2015 archive]

Deep calls to deep,

and the words of Joshua

sadly were fulfilled

by the deaths of the builder's

two sons.

Deep calls to deep,

and Paul was torn between

the desire to live

and the desire to die.

Deep calls to deep,

and three grieving women

went to the tomb to anoint

the body of Jesus.

Deep calls to deep,

and the thunder 

of your cataracts

and all your waves

and your billows

roll over us.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133

1 Kings 16:23-34

Phil. 1:12-30

Mark 16:1-8

Selected Verses

Ps. 42:7

Deep calls to deep
          at the thunder of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
          have gone over me. 

1 Kings 16:34

In [Ahab's] days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho; he laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua son of Nun.

Phil. 1:23

I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better…

Mark 16:2

And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, [the three women] went to the tomb.