Lord Jesus Christ,
as you were sent into
the world,
so you send us into
the world,
but is not what you
ask of us
too difficult? You ask us
always to love, not
hate.
In trying to do your
will
we encounter so much
evil--
it seems impossible
not to hate
those who oppress the
poor,
who target the
foreigner.
Alone, we walk in
darkness;
only in your light
can hate
turn to love for the
sinner
even as we hate the
sin.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Dan. 2:1-16
1 John 2:1-11
John 17:12-19
Selected Verses
Ps. 146:9
The LORD watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Dan. 2:11
"…The thing that the king is asking is too difficult,
and no one can reveal it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not
with mortals." [The Chaldean
magicians, to their king]
1 John 2:9
Whoever says, "I am in the light," while hating a
brother or sister, is still in the darkness.
John 17:18
"…As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent
them into the world. …" [Jesus, praying for his disciples]
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