With a Whole Heart, Rejoice--Feb. 13, 2021

Loving God, we will greatly rejoice in you,

with a whole heart we will sing your praise.

 

Prepare us to proclaim the Good News,

teaching with persistence and patience.

 

Clothe us with garments of salvation; 

cover us with robes of righteousness,

 

for we throw off our cloak of the past,

as we spring up and hasten to Jesus.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98

Isa. 61:10-62:5

2 Tim 4:1-8

Mark 10:46-52

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 138:1

I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
          before the gods I sing your praise

 

Isa. 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
          my whole being shall exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
          he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
          and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

 

2 Tim 4:2

…proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.

 

Mark 10:50

So throwing off his cloak, [blind Bartimaeus] sprang up and came to Jesus.