Jesus, We Remember--Oct. 9, 2019

We break bread and we remember you, Lord.

We remember that you called sinners,

and, Jesus, we are sinners.

We humble ourselves before you, Jesus;

make us penitent; hear our prayer.

We trust in your holy name.

Let your steadfast love be upon us,

even as we hope in you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33

2 Kings 22:14-23:3

1 Cor. 11:23-34

Matt. 9:9-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 89:21-22

Our heart is glad in [the LORD],
          because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
          even as we hope in you.

2 Kings 22:19

…because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard how I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the LORD. 

1 Cor. 11:23-24

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you.  Do this in remembrance of me.”

Matt. 9:12-13

But when [Jesus] heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.  Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”