God of grace and peace in abundance,
even if you seem to hide your face,
we will wait and hope in you.
Jesus prayed for your will to be done
when he faced a fate more terrible
than any we can imagine.
Should we not delight to do it?
Put your law in our heart,
your law of love.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 145; 40; 67
Isa. 8:16-9:1
2 Peter 1:1-11
Luke 22:39-53
Selected Verses
Ps 40:8
I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”
your law is within my heart.”
Isa. 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the
house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
2 Peter 1:2
May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Luke 22:41-42
Then [Jesus] withdrew from [his disciples] about a stone's
throw, knelt down, and prayed, "Father, if you are willing, remove
this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."
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