How Can We Keep from Rejoicing?--March 11, 2018

O Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead,

dwell in us; give life to our mortal bodies also.

We are glad in you; we rejoice; we shout for joy,

for your goodness exceeds all our expectations.

You have given us the food that endures forever.

How can we keep from rejoicing?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32

Gen. 48:8-22

Rom. 8:11-25

John 6:27-40

Selected Verses

Ps. 32:11

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous,
          and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Gen. 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see your face; and here God has let me see your children also." 

Rom. 8:11

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

John 6:27

"Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.  For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal." [Jesus to the crowd]