A Sign to Prove Your Love?--June 10, 2020

No one can anticipate the time of disaster;

when a calamity hits us unawares, we are snared.

This does not mean you leave us without hope,

dear God; we hope in your steadfast love.

We ask no sign to prove your love,

for we have the gift of Jesus—

his death and resurrection.

In your love, give us faith,

working through love.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134

Eccl. 9:11-18

Gal. 5:1-15

Matt. 16:1-12

Selected Verses

Ps. 147:11

…but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
          in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Eccl. 9:12

For no one can anticipate the time of disaster.  Like fish taken in a cruel net, and like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Gal. 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

Matt. 16:4

“…An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.”  Then [Jesus] left [those who had asked for a sign] and went away.