[From May 30, 2015 archive]
I just realized that earlier I posted
the wrong lectionary passages for today.
Below is the correct one. Under present
conditions, global hunger is even worse
because of he pandemic. We must
share the vaccine as well as food.
Millions of the world's poor and hungry people
are oppressed and trampled down, O God.
They lie at our gate and long to satisfy
their hunger with what falls from
our table.
You have told us what we should do--welcome
the alien, attend to the hungry and thirsty--
but we do not listen to your word or do
as you say.
We have received your grace and we live
in abundance; in thanksgiving may we
heed your word and work to end
all oppression.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Deut. 5:22-33
2 Cor. 4:13-5:10
Luke 16:19-31
Selected Verses
Ps. 56:1
Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me…
Deut. 5:27b
"…Then tell us everything that the LORD our God tells you, and we will listen and do it. …" [The people of Israel to Moses]
2 Cor. 4:15
Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
Luke 16:20-21a
"…And at [the rich man's] gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table…" [Jesus]
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