The Lion Has Roared, God Has Spoken--Dec. 3, 2019

The earth is full of your steadfast love, O God,

but you are also a God of righteousness and justice.

You sent prophets to warn us about injustice,

including your Son, but the warnings

make us fearful and angry.

Instead, Lord,

make us attentive

to them, as to a lamp

shining in a dark place,

until the day dawns and the

morning star rises in our hearts.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 33; 146; 85; 94

Amos 3:1-11

2 Peter 1:12-21

Matt. 21:12-22

Selected Verses

Ps. 33:5

[The LORD] loves righteousness and justice;
          the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared;
        who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken;
        who can but prophesy?

2 Peter 1:19

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed.  You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Matt. 21:15

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that [Jesus] did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became angry…