Sometimes we cry to you, even wail in pain,
especially if we feel the fate of the fallen.
Be gracious, then, and answer us.
But what of those who do not know you?
How will they call out their despair,
if no one has ever told them?
God, teach us how to know you,
and harken to you when you speak;
to follow you, sharing you with others.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Jer. 25:30-38
Rom. 10:14-21
John 10:1-18
Selected Verses
Ps. 27:7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud,
be gracious to me and answer me!
Jer. 25:36a
Hark! the cry of the shepherds,
and the wail of the lords of the flock!
Rom. 10:14
But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?
John 10:4
“…When [the shepherd] has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. …” [Jesus, to his critics]
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