Be Our Light; We Need No Lamp or Sun--Dec. 22, 2018

O Mighty One, a thousand years in your sight

are like yesterday when it is past.

You bring down the powerful from their thrones,

and you lift up the lowly.

How foolish we are to rely on armies and missiles

instead of looking to you for help.

Be our light, Lord God; we need no lamp or sun,

and may you reign forever and ever.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72

Isa. 31:1-9

Rev. 21:22-22:5

Luke 1:39-56

Selected Verses

Ps. 90:4

For a thousand years in your sight
          are like yesterday when it is past,
          or like a watch in the night.

Isa. 31:1

Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help
          and who rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
          and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
          or consult the LORD!

Rev. 22:5

And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Luke 1:52

"…[The Mighty One] has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
          and lifted up the lowly…"  [Mary's song]