For the Lonely and Afflicted--April 9, 2019

O Living Christ, you are generous to all who call on you.

There are many who are lonely and afflicted;

we call on you in their behalf.

Be gracious to them, for they hear

no sound of mirth or sound of gladness;

no light of lamp can penetrate their darkness.

Yet we know you healed the blind;

pray come to them, and let them see.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 146; 25; 91

Jer. 25:8-17

Rom. 10:1-13

John 9:18-41

Selected Verses

Ps. 25:16

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
          for I am lonely and afflicted. 

Jer. 25:10

And I will banish from [this land and the lands around it] the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

Rom. 10:12

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.

John 9:25

[The man who had been blind] answered, "I do not know whether [the man who healed me] is a sinner.  One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see."