You Comfort Us in Our Grief--July 9, 2019

Holy God, you are the fountain of life;

in your light we see light.

We grieve over the death of our loved ones,

we even grieve over their failures

while they are still alive.

Your words of comfort assuage our grief;

open our hearts to accept the comfort,

and help us to comfort others.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7

1 Sam. 15:24-35

Acts 9:32-43

Luke 23:56b-24:12

Selected Verses

Ps. 36:9

For with you is the fountain of life;
          in your light we see light.

1 Sam. 15:35a

Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. 

Acts 9:39b

All the widows stood beside [Peter], weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Luke 24:10-11

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told [about the angels in the empty tomb] to the apostles.  But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.