Forgive us, God, if we love to observe
all the forms of worship,
carefully attending to liturgical detail,
but close our hearts to pity
and with our mouths speak arrogantly.
You are patient; you call us to repentance,
but we strain your patience.
With our own impatience and questioning
of your authority, we transgress
and multiply transgressions.
Forgive us,
and help us change our ways.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 50;
147:1-11; 53; 17
Amos 3:12-4:5
2 Peter 3:1-10
Matt. 21:23-32
Selected Verses
Ps. 17:10
[The wicked]
close their hearts to pity;
with
their mouths they speak arrogantly.
Amos 4:4-5
Come to Bethel and
transgress;
to Gilgal and multiply transgression;
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
bring a thank offering of leavened bread,
and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;
or so you love to do, O people of Israel!
says the Lord GOD.
to Gilgal and multiply transgression;
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
bring a thank offering of leavened bread,
and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;
or so you love to do, O people of Israel!
says the Lord GOD.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not
slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not
wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
Matt. 21:23
When he entered
the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he
was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and
who gave you this authority?"
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