Let Not the Hope of the Poor Perish--Feb. 4, 2019

Destruction, devastation, famine, and sword

of war all fall on the children of the world.

Loving God, send the Spirit of your Son

into our hearts, crying "Abba! Father!"

It is not fair for us to fill our bellies

with bread, leaving them crumbs.

May we not forget the needy,

nor let their hope perish.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9

Isa. 51:17-23

Gal. 4:1-11

Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses

Ps. 9:18

For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
          nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Isa. 51:19

These two things have befallen you
          --who will grieve with you?--
devastation and destruction, famine and sword--
          who will comfort you? 

Gal. 4:6

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" 

Mark 7:27-28

[Jesus] said to [the Syrophoenician woman], "Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs."  But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs."