All Are One in Christ Jesus--Jan. 30, 2021

Lord God, may we never forget

that we are yours, and you made us

to be your people, sheep of your pasture.

 

You are the rock from which we were hewn,

the quarry from which we were dug. 

We look to you, and we listen.

 

All of us are one in Christ Jesus,

and we must not sunder that unity 

by searching for things to divide us.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

Isa. 51:1-8

Gal. 3:23-29

Mark 7:1-23

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 100:3

Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

 

Isa. 51:1

Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness,
          you that seek the LORD.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
          and to the quarry from which you were dug.

 

Gal. 3:28

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

 

Mark 7:1-2

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around [Jesus], they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.