God, teach our tongues.
Certainly there are occasions
when it is better to listen in silence
than it is to speak, but at other times
it would be a betrayal to keep silence.
When we draw back in fear instead
of speaking up for justice, help
us to call on you, O God.
Be with us in trouble.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 65; 147:1-11;
125; 91
Eccl. 3:1-15
Gal. 2:11-21
Matt. 14:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 91:15
When [those who
love me] call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honor them.
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honor them.
Eccl. 3:1, 7
For everything
there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
… a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time
to keep silence, and a time to speak…
Gal. 2:11-12
But when Cephas
came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood self-condemned; for
until certain people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But after they came, he drew back and kept
himself separate for fear of the circumcision faction.
Matt. 14:3-4
For Herod had
arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his
brother Philip's wife, because John had been telling him, "It is not
lawful for you to have her."
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