When the scepter of wickedness ruled the land,
you experienced all the seasons, Jesus:
birth, death, healing, killing,
breaking down, building up,
weeping, laughing, dancing,
mourning…
Your forerunner was executed—
a clear forewarning of your fate,
but out of love you gave your life.
In response to your love,
we have faith in you;
pray live in us,
O Christ.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Eccl. 3:1-15
Gal. 2:11-21
Matt. 14:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 125:3
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
on the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous might not stretch out
their hands to do wrong.
on the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous might not stretch out
their hands to do wrong.
Eccl. 3:1-4
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…
Gal. 2:20
…and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Matt. 14:8-9, 12
Prompted by her mother [Herodias], she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” The king was grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he commanded it to be given… His disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went and told Jesus.
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