Merciful and forgiving God,
we are a people willing to use our might
to overwhelm and overcome the weak,
that we may have our way with them.
When we show little mercy to others,
how can we expect mercy from you?
Your faithfulness is not nullified
by our lack of it; have mercy,
blot out our transgressions,
help us amend our ways.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
Num. 13:1-3, 21-30
Rom. 2:25-3:8
Matt. 18:21-35
Selected Verses
Ps. 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Num. 13:30
But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Rom. 3:3
What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Matt. 18:33
“‘…Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?' …” [Jesus, quoting the king’s answer to the unforgiving slave, in response to Peter’s question]
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