With the Contrite and Humble--Feb. 11, 2019

You dwell in the high and holy place, Lord Jesus,

and also with those who are contrite and humble.

The boastful will not stand before your eyes;

revive the spirit of the humble

and the heart of the contrite.

May we never boast of anything, O Lord,

except your cross, by which

may the world be crucified

to us, and we to the world.

Make us last of all, and

servant of all.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Isa. 57:14-21

Gal. 6:11-18

Mark 9:30-41

Selected Verses

Ps. 5:5

The boastful will not stand before your eyes;
          you hate all evildoers. 

Isa. 57:15b-c

 I dwell in the high and holy place,
          and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
          and to revive the heart of the contrite. 

Gal. 6:14

May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Mark 9:35

[Jesus] sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all."