Put in My Heart Eagerness--June 4, 2021

[From June 7, 2013 archive]

 

I pray you, put in my heart eagerness

to join the company of worshippers,

as gratefully we celebrate the bounty

you have given us, O gracious God.

 

But let me not suppose I am righteous

while regarding others with contempt;

it is your name alone that is exalted,

your glory above earth and heaven.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 88; 148; 6; 20

Deut. 26:1-11

2 Cor. 8:16-24

Luke 18:9-14

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Selected Verses 

Ps. 148:13

Let them praise the name of the Lord, 
          for his name alone is exalted; 
          his glory is above earth and heaven.

 

Deut. 26:11

Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the LORD your God has given to you and to your house. 

 

2 Cor. 8:16

But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.

 

Luke 18:9

[Jesus] also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt…