When Christ Abides in Us--April 22, 2018

Great is your steadfast love toward us, O God,

and your faithfulness endures forever.

We praise your name.

It must have been a

grievous burden for Aaron,

to bear on his heart continually 

before you the judgment of the Israelites.

If Christ abides in us, and we in him,

and therefore also in you,

he bears the burdens

for us.

And Christ is

willing to abide in us,

because otherwise we are sheep

without a shepherd, and he has compassion

for us. And his faithfulness endures forever and ever.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93: 150; 136; 117

Exod. 28:1-4, 30-38

1 John 2:18-29

Mark 6:30-44

Selected Verses

Ps. 117:2

For great is his steadfast love toward us,
          and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Praise the LORD!

Exod. 28:30

In the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the Israelites on his heart before the LORD continually.

1 John 2:24b

If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Mark 6:34

As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.